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Actively exploited · Published Mar 26, 2009 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2009-1151

Critical 9.8 Exploited

In plain English

A critical-severity code injection in phpMyAdmin from phpMyAdmin. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on March 25, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 96.6% (higher than 99.9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)96.6%top 0.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Mar 25, 2022
Attack tooling3Metasploit, Nuclei, Public PoC

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by Apr 15, 2022.

Official description

Static code injection vulnerability in setup.php in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.5 and 3.x before 3.1.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code into a configuration file via the save action.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12phpmyadmin4:3.1.3.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1151
Debian:13phpmyadmin4:3.1.3.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1151
Debian:14phpmyadmin4:3.1.3.1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1151

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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