SQL Injection in phpMyAdmin

CVE-2019-6798

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.5. A vulnerability was reported where a specially crafted username can be used to trigger a SQL injection attack through the designer feature.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.035 (88.7th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 88.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-6798: held from 0.035 to 0.035.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.035 · newest: 0.035 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6798?
CVE-2019-6798 is a critical-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2019-6798?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-6798 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.