PMASA-2008-7
Announcement-ID: PMASA-2008-7
Date: 2008-09-15
Updated: 2008-09-17
Summary
Code execution vulnerability
Description
We received an advisory from Norman Hippert and we wish to thank him for his work. The server_databases.php script was vulnerable to an attack coming from a user who is already logged-on to phpMyAdmin, where he can execute shell code (if the PHP configuration permits commands like exec).
Severity
We consider this vulnerability to be serious.
Affected Versions
Versions before 2.11.9.1.
Solution
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.1 or newer.
References
http://fd.the-wildcat.de/pma_e36a091q11.php
Assigned CVE IDs: CVE-2008-4096
Patches
The following commits have been made to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 2.11 branch to fix this issue:
More information
For further information and in case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin security team at security@phpmyadmin.net.