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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-5469 · published 20 December 2012

CVE-2012-5469: Phpmyadmin permissions and access controls vulnerability

Phpmyadmin · Phpmyadmin

The Portable phpMyAdmin plugin before 1.3.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain phpMyAdmin console access via a direct request to wp-content/plugins/portable-phpmyadmin/wp-pma-mod.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 24% · top 2.3% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
24%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The Portable phpMyAdmin plugin before 1.3.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain phpMyAdmin console access via a direct request to wp-content/plugins/portable-phpmyadmin/wp-pma-mod.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-12/0092.html Exploit
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/portable-phpmyadmin/changelog/
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-12/0092.html Exploit
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/portable-phpmyadmin/changelog/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-5469), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.