CVE-2019-12616
mediumpriority · track · 43EPSS 0.202 · 97 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
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exploits (2)
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- EDB-46982phpMyAdmin 4.8 - Cross-Site Request ForgeryPoC · exploit_db
affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-mfr9-pcm3-6mwcphpMyAdmin CSRF Vulnerability2022-05-24ghsa · osvUS
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.
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references (34)
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153251/phpMyAdmin-4.8-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108619cnnvd
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/015c404038c44279d95b6430ee5a0dddc97691eccnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/II4HC4QO6WUL2IRSQKCB66UBJOLLI5OV/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZKJMYVXEDXGEGRO42T6H6VOEZJ65QPQ7/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12616cnnvd
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