phpMyAdmin versions 4.7.x (prior to 4.7.6.1/4.7.7) are vulnerable to a CSRF weakness. By deceiving a user to click on a crafted URL, it is possible to perform harmful database operations such as deleting records, dropping/truncating tables etc.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - phpMyAdmin versions 4.7.x (prior to 4.7.6.1/4.7.7) are vulnerable to a CSRF weakness. By deceiving a user
    to click on a crafted URL, it is possible to perform harmful database operations such as deleting records,
    dropping/truncating tables etc. (CVE-2017-1000499)

According to its self-reported version, the phpMyAdmin application hosted on the remote web server is 4.7.x prior to 4.7.7. It is, therefore, affected by a cross-site request forgery (XSRF) vulnerability. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by deceiving a user to click on a crafted URL, to perform harmful database operations such as deleting records and dropping/truncating tables.

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

This update for phpMyAdmin 4.7.8 fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2018-7260: self-cross site scripting (XSS)     vulnerability in the central columns feature     (boo#1082188) This version also fixes some minor     functionality bugs. The previous update already fixed     CVE-2017-1000499.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
433465	SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-f9hx-5jq4-fgjm)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
433465	SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-f9hx-5jq4-fgjm)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
143253	phpMyAdmin 4.7.x < 4.7.7 XSRF (PMASA-2017-9)	Nessus	CGI abuses	Remote	high
106997	openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2018-206)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high

Detections

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CVE-2017-1000499

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Tenable Plugins

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