CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-1151

9.8 CRITICAL Known exploited Published 2009-03-26 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

phpMyAdmin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin

Setup script used to generate configuration can be fooled using a crafted POST request to include arbitrary PHP code in generated configuration file.

Added to KEV
2022-03-25
Remediation due
2022-04-15
Ransomware use
Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1151
Status
Analyzed
Published
2009-03-26
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-94

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 configurations

• phpmyadmin phpmyadmin (>= 2.11.0 < 2.11.9.5) • phpmyadmin phpmyadmin (>= 3.0.0 < 3.1.3.1) • debian debian linux 4.0 • debian debian linux 5.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References