CVE-2018-19968
An attacker can exploit phpMyAdmin before 4.8.4 to leak the contents of a local file because of an error in the transformation feature.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.89%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
An attacker can exploit phpMyAdmin before 4.8.4 to leak the contents of a local file because of an error in the transformation feature. The attacker must have access to the phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage tables, although these can easily be created in any database to which the attacker has access. An attacker must have valid credentials to log in to phpMyAdmin; this vulnerability does not allow an attacker to circumvent the login system.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.89% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.9% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106178Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-16Third Party Advisory
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-6/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106178Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-16Third Party Advisory
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-6/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.