phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• fedoraproject fedora22
• fedoraproject fedora23
• opensuse leap42.1
• opensuse opensuse13.1
• opensuse opensuse13.2
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.0
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.1
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.10
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.10.1
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.10.10
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.10.11
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.10.12
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.10.2
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.10.3
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.10.4
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.10.5
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.10.6
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.10.7
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.10.8
• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.0.10.9

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2009-1151Static code injection vulnerability in setup.php in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.5 and 3.x before 3.1.3.1 allows remote attackers to injeKEV
  98Now
• CVE-2018-12613An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 4.8.x before 4.8.2, in which an attacker can include (view and potentially execute) files on the serve
  65This week
• CVE-2016-5734phpMyAdmin 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 properly choose delimiters to prevent use of the p
  63This week
• CVE-2020-26935An issue was discovered in SearchController in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.6 and 5.x before 5.0.3.
  59Plan
• CVE-2012-5159phpMyAdmin 3.5.2.2, as distributed by the cdnetworks-kr-1 mirror during an unspecified time frame in 2012, contains an externally introduced
  52Plan
• CVE-2020-5504In phpMyAdmin 4 before 4.9.4 and 5 before 5.0.1, SQL injection exists in the user accounts page.
  47Plan

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.