# 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.

- Also known as: GHSA-XC97-R49Q-CXGC
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.8.4
- Published: 2018-12-11 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): fixed in 4.8.4

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin, upgrade to a fixed version (4.8.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106178
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-6/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00003.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-16

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