CVE-2014-9218
libraries/common.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.7, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.8, and 4.2.x before 4.2.13.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a long password.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
libraries/common.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.7, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.8, and 4.2.x before 4.2.13.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a long password.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 11.50% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 15 December 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 11.5% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3382
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:243
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-17.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71434
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99140
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/095729d81205f15f40d216d25917017da4c2fff8Exploit
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1ac863c7573d12012374d5d41e5c7dc5505ea6e1Exploit
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/62b2c918d26cc78d1763945e3d44d1a63294a819Exploit
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3382
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:243
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-17.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71434
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99140
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/095729d81205f15f40d216d25917017da4c2fff8Exploit
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1ac863c7573d12012374d5d41e5c7dc5505ea6e1Exploit
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/62b2c918d26cc78d1763945e3d44d1a63294a819Exploit
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.