A vulnerability was found in phpMyAdmin up to 4.9.0.0 (Database Administration Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component Designer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.0.1. A vulnerability was reported where a specially crafted database name can be used to trigger an SQL injection attack through the designer feature.

The weakness was published 06/05/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at phpmyadmin.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-11768 since 05/06/2019. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

Upgrading to version 4.9.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entry is available at VDB-135961.

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• phpMyAdmin

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• 4.9.0

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• open-source

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