CVE-2009-4605 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Remote attackers can exploit a CSRF vulnerability in the setup script to potentially manipulate configuration settings via serialized parameters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-4605?
CVE-2009-4605 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 19 Jan 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
scripts/setup.php (aka the setup script) in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.10 calls the unserialize function on the values of the (1) configuration and (2) v[0] parameters, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4605?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.
How do I fix CVE-2009-4605?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2009-4605 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4605 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4605, GHSA-2vcq-4wwg-6wg7.