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CVE-2018-12613

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2018-06-21
  • Fixed in4.8.2
  • WeaknessCWE-287

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Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 4.8.x before 4.8.2, in which an attacker can 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).

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2018-06-21Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  2. 2018-06-2120:29CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Phpmyadmin
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.8≥ 4.8.0, < 4.8.24.8.2
4.8≥ 4.8, < 4.8.24.8.2

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • phpmyadminCleanStartall versions · fixed in 4.8.2-r0
  • phpmyadminAlpine:v3.24from 4.8.0 · fixed in 4.8.2-r0
  • phpmyadminAlpine:v3.23from 4.8.0 · fixed in 4.8.2-r0
  • phpmyadminAlpine:v3.22from 4.8.0 · fixed in 4.8.2-r0
  • phpmyadminAlpine:v3.21from 4.8.0 · fixed in 4.8.2-r0
  • phpmyadminAlpine:v3.20from 4.8.0 · fixed in 4.8.2-r0
  • phpmyadminAlpine:v3.19from 4.8.0 · fixed in 4.8.2-r0
  • phpmyadminAlpine:v3.18from 4.8.0 · fixed in 4.8.2-r0

11 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2018-12613 Red Hat Product Security

    phpMyAdmin: Multiple security issues fixed in 4.8.4

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Phpmyadmin to 4.8.2

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-44924EDB-44928EDB-45020EDB-50457
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
4 repositories, unverified0x00-0x00/CVE-2018-12613ivanitlearning/CVE-2018-12613eastmountyxz/CVE-2018-12613-phpMyAdminCyberCTF/vulhub-phpmyadmin-cve-2018-12613
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/multi/http/phpmyadmin_lfi_rcerank: goodModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2018-06-21
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-x394-g9j8-x7mf

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12613?

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 4.8.x before 4.8.2, in which an attacker can 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).

Is CVE-2018-12613 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2018-12613 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 98.4% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2018-12613?

CVE-2018-12613 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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