CVE-2019-18622 SQL injection in phpMyAdmin

What is CVE-2019-18622?

CVE-2019-18622 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 22 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.2. A crafted database/table name can be used to trigger a SQL injection attack through the designer feature.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-18622?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. It affects 4 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap, Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2019-18622?

Upgrade phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to 4.9.2 or later.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2019-18622 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-18622 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-2019-18622, GHSA-jgjc-332c-8cmc, MGASA-2019-0357, openSUSE-SU-2019:2599-1.