phpMyAdmin < 2.6.1-rc1 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15948

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Synopsis

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

Description

According to its banner, the remote version of phpMyAdmin is vulnerable to one (or both) of the following flaws :

- An attacker may be able to exploit this software to execute arbitrary commands on the remote host on a server which does not run PHP in safe mode.

- An attacker may be able to read arbitrary files on the remote host through the argument 'sql_localfile' of the file 'read_dump.php'.

Solution

Upgrade to phpMyAdmin version 2.6.1-rc1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15948

File Name: phpMyAdmin_various_issues.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 12/13/2004

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin

Required KB Items: www/PHP, www/phpMyAdmin

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1147, CVE-2004-1148

BID: 11886

Detections

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