CVE-2009-1148 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2009-1148?

CVE-2009-1148 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 26 Mar 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in bs_disp_as_mime_type.php in the BLOB streaming feature in phpMyAdmin before 3.1.3.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the file_path parameter ($filename variable).

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1148?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1148?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2009-1148 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1148 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2009-1148, GHSA-2c4q-6j77-737f.