CVE-2008-5621

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.4 and 3.x before 3.1.1.0 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as the administrator via a link or IMG tag to tbl_structure.php with a modified table parameter. NOTE: other unspecified pages are also reachable, but they have the same root cause. NOTE: this can be leveraged to conduct SQL injection attacks and execute arbitrary code.

Category

6.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.56%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory phpmyadmin.net Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3501 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-32.xml vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1723 vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47168 vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4753 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3402 vdb entry
http://osvdb.org/50894 vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00784.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33146 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2008-10.php patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33822 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33246 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/1 mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32720 vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/33912 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7382 exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/33076 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20081222-1/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5621?
CVE-2008-5621 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5621?
To fix CVE-2008-5621, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-5621 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5621 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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