Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.7.1 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via a link or IMG tag to (1) the db parameter in the "Creating a Database" functionality (db_create.php), and (2) the convcharset and collation_connection parameters related to an unspecified program that modifies the connection character set.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | phpmyadmin | 4:2.11.7.1-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | phpmyadmin | 4:2.11.7.1-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | phpmyadmin | 4:2.11.7.1-1 | — |
| Debian 4.0 | phpmyadmin | 4:2.9.1.1-8 | DSA-1641-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1641-1 phpmyadmin - several issues Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- MDVSA-2008:202 vendor-advisory
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php?relnotes=0
- SUSE-SR:2009:003 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-6502 vendor-advisory
- phpmyadmin-multi-csrf(43846) vdb-entry
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=613660
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-5
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/XSRF_ConvertCharset_inPhpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf
- [oss-security] 20080715 CVE request: phpmyadmin < 2.11.7.1 mailing-list
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/XSRF_CreateDB_inPhpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf
- FEDORA-2008-6450 vendor-advisory
- DSA-1641 vendor-advisory
- 33822 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-2116 vdb-entry
- 31097 third-party-advisory
- 31115 third-party-advisory