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CVE-2018-12613· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

An 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

An 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 server. The vulnerability comes from a portion of code where pages are redirected and loaded within phpMyAdmin, and an improper test for whitelisted pages. An attacker must be authenticated, except in the "$cfg['AllowArbitraryServer'] = true" case (where an attacker can specify any host he/she is already in control of, and execute arbitrary code on phpMyAdmin) and the "$cfg['ServerDefault'] = 0" case (which bypasses the login requirement and runs the vulnerable code without any authentication).

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—Weaponized Fix available
Published
Jun 21, 2018
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
98.4% · 100th percentile
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CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
30 / 30 · 98.4%

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
phpmyadminphpmyadmin

Affected versions

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

  • phpmyadmin phpmyadmin4.8.0 and later · before 4.8.2

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
openSUSE:TumbleweedphpMyAdminbefore 5.1.1-1.25.1.1-1.2
Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadminfrom 4.8 · before 4.8.24.8.2

Same product

phpmyadmin: all records

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-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
  • CVE-2004-1147phpMyAdmin 2.6.0-pl2, and other versions before 2.6.1, with external transformations enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary c
    43Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
opensuse:phpMyAdmin5.1.1-1.2 · openSUSE:TumbleweedPackage registry (OSV)
Packagist:phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin4.8.2Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×5
  • Nuclei detection template ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×3

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2018-12613 —
Exploit-DB entryremote2018-07-13
Exploit-DB entryremote2018-07-13
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2018-06-21
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2018-06-22
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2021-10-25
Metasploit moduleexploit/multi/http/phpmyadmin_lfi_rcephpMyAdmin Authenticated Remote Code Executionexploit2018-06-19
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:102018-11-09
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:42019-09-16
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:22020-02-19

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Metasploit-3 d
  2. First PoC-1 d
  3. Published
  4. TodayOct 7, 2026+3029 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-287 · Improper Authentication

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

Authentication is added route by route instead of being enforced in one place. When a route added later bypasses the shared middleware, the session check never runs for it.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-287 class

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Vulnerable

ts
app.use("/admin", requireSession, adminRouter);
// Route added later skips the middlewareapp.post("/admin-api/config", updateConfig);

Fixed

ts
const admin = express.Router();admin.use(requireSession, requireRole("admin"));
admin.post("/config", updateConfig);app.use("/admin", admin);

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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