CVE-2008-5621 json
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.4 and 3.x before 3.1.1.0 allows remote attackers to perf…
published 2008-12-17 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5595
- cvss
- 6.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.1%
- EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.4 and 3.x before 3.1.1.0 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as the administrator via a link or IMG tag to tbl_structure.php with a modified table parameter. NOTE: other unspecified pages are also reachable, but they have the same root cause. NOTE: this can be leveraged to conduct SQL injection attacks and execute arbitrary code.
Patch / fix
- phpmyadmin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:2.11.8.1-5
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5621
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2008-5621 updated
phpMyAdmin: SQL injection through XSRF on several pages (PMASA-2008-10)
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-7382)
- Published
Exploit prediction
2.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-7382 phpMyAdmin 3.1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery / SQL Injection webapps, 2008-12-08
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.0 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
References
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phpmyadmin.net
/home_page/security/PMASA-2008-10.php
patch, vendor-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/32720
vdb-entry, patch
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exploit-db.com
/exploits/7382
exploit
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lists.opensuse.org
/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
vendor-advisory
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/glsa-200903-32.xml
vendor-advisory
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debian.org
/security/2009/dsa-1723
vendor-advisory
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redhat.com
/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00784.html
vendor-advisory
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vupen.com
/english/advisories/2008/3501
vdb-entry, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/33146
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/33822
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/33246
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/33912
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/33076
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/47168
vdb-entry
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securityreason.com
/securityalert/4753
third-party-advisory
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vupen.com
/english/advisories/2008/3402
vdb-entry
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osvdb.org
/50894
vdb-entry
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/1
mailing-list
- typo3.org /teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20081222-1/
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2008-5621
- NVD CVE-2008-5621
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