# CVE-2008-3197: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> Remote attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unauthorized database actions via CSRF links in phpMyAdmin.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Jul 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2008-3197, GHSA-795w-6gcg-9r8x

## What is CVE-2008-3197?

CVE-2008-3197 is a low-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 16 Jul 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.7.1 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via a link or IMG tag to (1) the db parameter in the "Creating a Database" functionality (db_create.php), and (2) the convcharset and collation_connection parameters related to an unspecified program that modifies the connection character set.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3197?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-3197?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2008-3197 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3197 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin

- [CVE-2008-7251](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-7251/): Misconfiguration in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-7252](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-7252/): phpMyAdmin unsafely handles temporary files (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-0203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0203/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-1147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1147/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-22452](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-22452/): phpmyadmin contains SQL Injection vulnerability (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-3197 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-3197 is a low-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 16 Jul 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3197 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3197/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3197/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3197
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3197
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3197

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3197/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.