# CVE-2008-3197: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.7.1 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-07-16 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.7.1 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via a link or IMG tag to (1) the db parameter in the "Creating a Database" functionality (db_create.php), and (2) the convcharset and collation_connection parameters related to an unspecified program that modifies the connection character set.

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## References

- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:202
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php?relnotes=0
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00590.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43846
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=613660
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-5
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/XSRF_ConvertCharset_inPhpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/6
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/XSRF_CreateDB_inPhpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00652.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1641
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33822
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2116/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31097
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31115

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