phpMyAdmin 4.0 < 4.8.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2019-1), (PMASA-2019-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 126705

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a PHP application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version, the phpMyAdmin application hosted on the remote web server is 4.0.x prior to 4.8.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

- When AllowArbitraryServer configuration set to true, with the use of a rogue MySQL server, an attacker can read any file on the server that the web server's user can access.phpMyadmin attempts to block the use of LOAD DATA INFILE, but due to a bug in PHP, this check is not honored. Additionally, when using the 'mysql' extension, mysql.allow_local_infile is enabled by default. Both of these conditions allow the attack to occur.
(CVE-2019-6799)

- A vulnerability was reported where a specially crafted username can be used to trigger an SQL injection attack through the designer feature. (CVE-2019-6798)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to phpMyAdmin version 4.8.5 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 126705

File Name: phpmyadmin_pmasa_4_8_5.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 7/16/2019

Updated: 6/4/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6798

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin

Required KB Items: www/PHP, Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/phpMyAdmin

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-6798, CVE-2019-6799

CWE: 661, 89

Detections

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