Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-19968 · published 11 December 2018
CVE-2018-19968: Phpmyadmin information exposure vulnerability
Phpmyadmin · Phpmyadmin
An attacker can exploit phpMyAdmin before 4.8.4 to leak the contents of a local file because of an error in the transformation feature. The attacker must have access to the phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage tables, although these can easily be created in any database to which the attacker has access. An attacker must have valid credentials to log in to phpMyAdmin; this vulnerability does not allow an attacker to circumvent the login system.
Description
An attacker can exploit phpMyAdmin before 4.8.4 to leak the contents of a local file because of an error in the transformation feature. The attacker must have access to the phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage tables, although these can easily be created in any database to which the attacker has access. An attacker must have valid credentials to log in to phpMyAdmin; this vulnerability does not allow an attacker to circumvent the login system.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106178 | Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00003.html | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-16 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-6/ | PatchVendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106178 | Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00003.html | Mailing ListThird Party Advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-16 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-6/ | PatchVendor Advisory |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-19968), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.