# CVE-2026-119428: phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 SSRF via setup/validate.php After Setup Disabled

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-113808, GHSA-7GQF-2RJ6-2M6M
- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-10-30 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- phpMyAdmin: through 5.2.3

## Description

phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger outbound connections via setup/validate.php, which lacks the setup-disabled guard. Attackers can POST attacker-chosen host and port values reaching Validator::testDBConnection() to open MySQL-protocol connections and probe internal ports using returned error messages.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on phpMyAdmin, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/510e442593af5d4702bbb46cdb45ad51f3a8a9d3
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/126ac3ac5662ed3171ef3646636348fad3f8e952
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/19156
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/setup/validate.php#L21-L35
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Config/Validator.php#L241
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-setup-validate
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyadmin-through-5.2.3-ssrf-via-setup-validate-php-after-setup-disabled

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