phpMyAdmin up to 2.9.0 Dev cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in phpMyAdmin up to 2.9.0 Dev. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-5116. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in phpMyAdmin up to 2.9.0 Dev (Database Administration Software). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin before 2.9.1-rc1 allow remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as another user by (1) directly setting a token in the URL though dynamic variable evaluation and (2) unsetting arbitrary variables via the _REQUEST array, related to (a) libraries/common.lib.php, (b) session.inc.php, and (c) url_generating.lib.php. NOTE: the PHP unset function vector is covered by CVE-2006-3017.

The weakness was presented 09/28/2006 by Sebastian Mendel, Stefan Esser and Michael Heimpol (Website). The advisory is shared at us.debian.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-5116 since 10/02/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22512 (phpMyAdmin < 2.9.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165118 (SUSE Security Update for phpMyAdmin (SUSE-SA:2006:071)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at phpmyadmin.net. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 4 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29301), Tenable (22512), SecurityFocus (BID 20253†), OSVDB (30141†) and Secunia (SA22126†). See VDB-2353, VDB-2649 and VDB-32583 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Nessus ID: 22512
Nessus Name: phpMyAdmin < 2.9.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 57579
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1207-1 (phpmyadmin)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: phpmyadmin.net

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Sourcesinfo

Product: phpmyadmin.net

Advisory: us.debian.org
Researcher: Sebastian Mendel, Stefan Esser, Michael Heimpol
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5116 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5116
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2573
X-Force: 29301 - phpMyAdmin multiple cross-site request forgery, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 20253 - PHPMyAdmin Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22126 - phpMyAdmin Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 30141 - phpMyAdmin url_generating.lib.php Multiple Method CSRF
Vulnerability Center: 12855 - phpMyAdmin Multiple Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerabilities, Medium

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Created: 09/29/2006 10:27
Updated: 04/23/2026 11:10
Changes: 09/29/2006 10:27 (93), 04/23/2026 11:10 (18)
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