CVE-2019-6799
When the AllowArbitraryServer configuration setting is set to true, with the use of a rogue MySQL server, an attacker can read any file on the server that the web server's user can access.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.8%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.5. When the AllowArbitraryServer configuration setting is set to true, with the use of a rogue MySQL server, an attacker can read any file on the server that the web server's user can access. This is related to the mysql.allow_local_infile PHP configuration, and the inadvertent ignoring of "options(MYSQLI_OPT_LOCAL_INFILE" calls.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 14.83% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 8.7% on 21 September 2026 to 14.8% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106736Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00039.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2019-1/Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106736Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00039.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2019-1/Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.