CVE-2018-19968 phpMyAdmin Local file inclusion through transformation feature

What is CVE-2018-19968?

CVE-2018-19968 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 11 Dec 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An attacker can exploit phpMyAdmin before 4.8.4 to leak the contents of a local file because of an error in the transformation feature. The attacker must have access to the phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage tables, although these can easily be created in any database to which the attacker has access. An attacker must have valid credentials to log in to phpMyAdmin; this vulnerability does not allow an attacker to circumvent the login system.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19968?

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

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2018-19968?

Upgrade phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to 4.8.4 or later.

Is CVE-2018-19968 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19968 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19968, GHSA-xc97-r49q-cxgc, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19968.