An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.0.
Priority MEDIUM 48CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.0. A vulnerability was found that allows an attacker to trigger a CSRF attack against a phpMyAdmin user. The attacker can trick the user, for instance through a broken <img> tag pointing at the victim's phpMyAdmin database, and the attacker can potentially deliver a payload (such as a specific INSERT or DELETE statement) to the victim.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.2022 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): 4.9.0
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist) | before 4.9.0 | 4.9.0 | Patch available | GHSA-mfr9-pcm3-6mwc |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 4.9.0 Fixed in 4.9.0 Patch available GHSA-mfr9-pcm3-6mwc
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 4.9.0 | Vulnerable | phpMyAdmin |
- cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.9.0 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-mfr9-pcm3-6mwc phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist) Fixed in 4.9.0 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-12616
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mfr9-pcm3-6mwc
References
Advisory 6
Other 5
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153251/phpMyAdmin-4.8-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190617 [SECURITY] [DLA 1821-1] phpmyadmin security update
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/015c404038c44279d95b6430ee5a0dddc97691ec
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153251/phpMyAdmin-4.8-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2019-4
More Phpmyadmin vulnerabilities
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- TI-2018-09056 An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 4.8.x before 4.8.2, in which an attacker can… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-14341 SQL Injection vulnerability in function getTableCreationQuery in CreateAddField.php in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-04978 phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 does not… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-16362 An issue was discovered in SearchController in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.6 and 5.x before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2012-04350 phpMyAdmin 3.5.2.2, as distributed by the cdnetworks-kr-1 mirror during an unspecified… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2019-12616 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-12616 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mfr9-pcm3-6mwc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2019-12616 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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