# CVE-2019-25451: phpMoAdmin 1.1.5 Cross-Site Request Forgery via moadmin.php

> Attackers can trick authenticated users into performing unauthorized database operations like creating or dropping collections via crafted GET requests.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Feb 2026
- **Updated:** 7 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fhrj-59h8-j7gf

## What is CVE-2019-25451?

CVE-2019-25451 is a medium-severity vulnerability in phpMoAdmin, published on 20 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

phpMoAdmin 1.1.5 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform unauthorized database operations by crafting malicious requests. Attackers can trick authenticated users into submitting GET requests to moadmin.php with parameters like action, db, and collection to create, drop, or repair databases and collections without user consent.

Weakness: CWE-918 (Server-Side Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25451?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpmoadmin Phpmoadmin.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-25451?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-25451 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-25451 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-25451 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in phpMoAdmin

- [CVE-2019-25454](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25454/): phpMoAdmin 1.1.5 Stored Cross-Site Scripting via collection Parameter (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2019-25453](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25453/): phpMoAdmin 1.1.5 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via moadmin.php (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-25451 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-25451 is a medium-severity vulnerability in phpMoAdmin, published on 20 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-25451 exists.

Affected product: phpMoAdmin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25451/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25451/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-25451
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25451
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-25451

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25451/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.