CVE-2008-5621 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can trick administrators into performing unauthorized actions via CSRF, potentially leading to SQL injection and arbitrary code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-5621?
CVE-2008-5621 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 17 Dec 2008. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5621?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5621?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2008-5621 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-5621 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin
Sources
Also known as CVE-2008-5622, DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5621, DSA-1723-1, GHSA-427m-jx2h-q45m.