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Fencer Vulns
high 8.5

CVE-2008-4096 in the critical feed json

libraries/database_interface.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a reques…

published 2008-09-17 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-4080

cvss
8.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.2%
EPSS 11.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

libraries/database_interface.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a request to server_databases.php with a sort_by parameter containing PHP sequences, which are processed by create_function.

Patch / fix

  • phpmyadmin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:2.11.8.1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4096

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-2008-4096 updated

phpMyAdmin: Code execution vulnerability (< 2.11.9.1)

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not 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

  1. First public exploit (EDB-32383)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

11.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-32383 phpMyAdmin 3.2 - 'server_databases.php' Remote Command Execution webapps, 2008-09-15
  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/15/2 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31188 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 8.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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