CVE-2008-4096
HIGH · CVSS 8.5EPSS 11.2%EU EUVD
libraries/database_interface.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a request to server_databases.php with a sort_by parameter containing PHP sequences, which are processed by create_function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 8.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 11.2% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4080)
- Published
- September 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4080 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
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References
- http://fd.the-wildcat.de/pma_e36a091q11.php
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
- http://osvdb.org/48196
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31884(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32034
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33822
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-32.xml
- http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20080916-1/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1641
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:202
- http://www.nabble.com/phpMyAdmin-2.11.9.1-is-released-td19497113.html(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/15/2(Exploit)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/16/2
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31188(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2585
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2619
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462430
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45157
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01137.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01155.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01228.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg01290.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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