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CVE-2009-1151

phpMyAdmin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 96.6%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 15 April 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Static code injection vulnerability in setup.php in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.5 and 3.x before 3.1.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code into a configuration file via the save action.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
96.56% probability · 100th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 25 March 2022 · due 15 April 2022
Weakness
CWE-94
Affected
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

CISA notes

Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1151

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.