CVE-2006-6943 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2006-6943?

CVE-2006-6943 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 19 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

PhpMyAdmin before 2.9.1.1 allows remote attackers to obtain the full server path via direct requests to (a) scripts/check_lang.php and (b) themes/darkblue_orange/layout.inc.php; and via the (1) lang[], (2) target[], (3) db[], (4) goto[], (5) table[], and (6) tbl_group[] array arguments to (c) index.php, and the (7) back[] argument to (d) sql.php; and an invalid (8) sort_by parameter to (e) server_databases.php and (9) db parameter to (f) db_printview.php.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6943?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2006-6943?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2006-6943 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6943 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin

• CVE-2008-7251 Misconfiguration in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2008-7252 phpMyAdmin unsafely handles temporary files Critical 10.0
• CVE-2007-0203 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-1147 Command injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2020-22452 phpmyadmin contains SQL Injection vulnerability Critical 9.8

All Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6943, GHSA-x8fh-8c7v-9r64.