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CVE-2008-5621 Detail

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.4 and 3.x before 3.1.1.0 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as the administrator via a link or IMG tag to tbl_structure.php with a modified table parameter. NOTE: other unspecified pages are also reachable, but they have the same root cause. NOTE: this can be leveraged to conduct SQL injection attacks and execute arbitrary code.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/50894 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33076 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33146 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33246 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33822 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33912 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-32.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4753 CVE, MITRE
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20081222-1/ CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1723 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2008-10.php CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32720 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3402 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3501 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47168 CVE, MITRE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7382 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00784.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5621
NVD Published Date:
12/16/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE