CVE-2010-4481 phpMyAdmin allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain sensitive information

What is CVE-2010-4481?

CVE-2010-4481 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 17 Dec 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

phpMyAdmin before 3.4.0-beta1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain sensitive information via a direct request to phpinfo.php, which calls the phpinfo function.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4481?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. It affects 1 product.

Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2010-4481?

Upgrade phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to 3.4.0-beta1 or later.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2010-4481 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4481 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-2010-4481, GHSA-gmc7-jvv7-w245.