CVE-2019-6798 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.5. A vulnerability was reported where a specially crafted username can be used to trigger a SQL injection attack through the designer feature.

Published: 2019-01-26

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 3.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-3712	An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.5. A vulnerability was reported where a specially crafted username can be used to trigger a SQL injection attack through the designer feature.
Github GHSA	GHSA-f732-fxh6-g4qj	phpMyAdmin SQL injection in Designer feature
Ubuntu USN	USN-4639-1	phpMyAdmin vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN	USN-4843-1	phpMyAdmin vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03474.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106727
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2019-2/

History

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Subscriptions

Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-01-26T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T20:31:04.103Z

Reserved: 2019-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-6798

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-26T17:29:00.247

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:39:42.100

Link: CVE-2019-6798

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-89
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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