CVE-2019-19617
phpMyAdmin unsanitized Git information
phpMyAdmin before 4.9.2 does not escape certain Git information, related to libraries/classes/Display/GitRevision.php and libraries/classes/Footer.php.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
9.8
phpMyAdmin before 4.9.2 does not escape certain Git information, related to libraries/classes/Display/GitRevision.php and libraries/classes/Footer.php.
- Record
CVE-2019-19617- CVSS 3.1
- 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
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
phpMyAdmin before 4.9.2 does not escape certain Git information, related to libraries/classes/Display/GitRevision.php and libraries/classes/Footer.php.
- Record
CVE-2019-19617- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4761 No score
phpMyAdmin before 4.9.2 does not escape certain Git information, related to libraries/classes/Display/GitRevision.php and libraries/classes/Footer.php.
- Record
EUVD-2022-4761- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pgph-mc4p-f8c3
9.8
phpMyAdmin unsanitized Git information
phpMyAdmin before 4.9.2 does not escape certain Git information, related to libraries/classes/Display/GitRevision.php and libraries/classes/Footer.php.
- Record
GHSA-pgph-mc4p-f8c3- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVALPINE-CVE-2019-19617
9.8
phpMyAdmin before 4.9.2 does not escape certain Git information, related to libraries/classes/Display/GitRevision.php and libraries/classes/Footer.php.
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ALPINE-CVE-2019-19617- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
OSV
9.8
phpMyAdmin before 4.9.2 does not escape certain Git information, related to libraries/classes/Display/GitRevision.php and libraries/classes/Footer.php.
- Record
CVE-2019-19617- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-19617
9.8
phpMyAdmin before 4.9.2 does not escape certain Git information, related to libraries/classes/Display/GitRevision.php and libraries/classes/Footer.php.
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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-19617- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-pgph-mc4p-f8c3
9.8
phpMyAdmin unsanitized Git information
phpMyAdmin before 4.9.2 does not escape certain Git information, related to libraries/classes/Display/GitRevision.php and libraries/classes/Footer.php.
- Record
GHSA-pgph-mc4p-f8c3- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-19617
9.8
phpMyAdmin before 4.9.2 does not escape certain Git information, related to libraries/classes/Display/GitRevision.php and libraries/classes/Footer.php.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19617- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4639-1 No score
phpmyadmin vulnerabilities
It was discovered that there was a bug in the way phpMyAdmin handles the phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage tables. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to cause phpmyAdmin to leak sensitive files. (CVE-2018-19968)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled user input. An attacker could possibly use this for an XSS attack. (CVE-2018-19970)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin mishandled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack via a crafted URL. (CVE-2018-7260)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted database name. (CVE-2019-11768)
It was discovered that phpmyadmin incorrectly handled some requests. An attacker could possibly use this to perform a CSRF attack. (CVE-2019-12616)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted username. (CVE-2019-6798, CVE-2020-10804, CVE-2020-5504)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin would allow sensitive files to be leaked if certain configuration options were set. An attacker could use this vulnerability to access confidential information. (CVE-2019-6799)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted database or table name. (CVE-2020-10802)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin did not properly handle data from the database when displaying it. If an attacker were to insert specially- crafted data into certain database tables, the attacker could execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2020-10803)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin was vulnerable to an XSS attack. If a victim were to click on a crafted link, an attacker could run malicious JavaScript on the victim's system. (CVE-2020-26934)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin did not properly handler certain SQL statements in the search feature. An attacker could use this vulnerability to inject malicious SQL into a query. (CVE-2020-26935)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin did not properly sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to possibly execute an HTML injection or a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2019-19617)
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USN-4639-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4843-1 No score
phpmyadmin vulnerabilities
Javier Nieto and Andres Rojas discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly managed input in the form of passwords. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service (DoS). This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-9218)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input in the form of database names in the PHP Array export feature. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to run arbitrary PHP commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-6609)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute SQL injection attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-6619)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyadmin failed to properly sanitize input. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service (DoS). This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-6630)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to bypass AllowRoot restrictions and deny rules for usernames. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-9849)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin would allow sensitive information to be leaked when the argument separator in a URL was not the default & value. An attacker could use this vulnerability to obtain the CSRF token of a user. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-9866)
Isaac Bennetch discovered that phpMyAdmin was incorrectly restricting user access due to the behavior of the substr function on some PHP versions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to bypass login restrictions established for users that have no password set. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-18264)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input in the form of parameters sent during a table editing operation. An attacker could use this vulnerability to trigger an endless recursion and cause a denial-of-service (DoS). This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-1000014)
Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input used to generate a web page. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to execute CSS injection attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-1000015)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack via a crafted URL. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-7260)
It was discovered phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled database names. An attacker could possibly use this to trigger a cross-site scripting attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-12581)
Daniel Le Gall discovered that phpMyAdmin would expose sensitive information to unauthorized actors due to an error in its transformation feature. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to leak the contents of a local file. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-19968)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled user input. An attacker could possibly use this to perform a cross-site scripting attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-19970)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted database name. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-11768)
It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled some requests. An attacker could possibly use this to perform a cross…
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USN-4843-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
phpmyadmin/phpmyadminPackagist |
before 4.9.2 | 4.9.2 |
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.11 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.12 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.13 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.14 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.15 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.16 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.17 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.18 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.19 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.20 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.21 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.22 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.23 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
phpmyadminAlpine:v3.24 |
before 4.9.2-r0 | 4.9.2-r0 |
phpmyadminDebian:12 |
before 4:4.9.2+dfsg1-1 | 4:4.9.2+dfsg1-1 |
phpmyadminDebian:13 |
before 4:4.9.2+dfsg1-1 | 4:4.9.2+dfsg1-1 |
phpmyadminDebian:14 |
before 4:4.9.2+dfsg1-1 | 4:4.9.2+dfsg1-1 |
phpmyadminDebian:8 |
before 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u7, plus listed versions 4:4.2.12-24:4.2.12-2+deb8u14:4.2.12-2+deb8u24:4.2.12-2+deb8u34:4.2.12-2+deb8u44:4.2.12-2+deb8u54:4.2.12-2+deb8u6 |
4:4.2.12-2+deb8u7 |
phpmyadminDebian:9 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 4:4.6.6-4+deb9u2, plus listed versions 4:4.6.6-44:4.6.6-4+deb9u1 |
4:4.6.6-4+deb9u2 |
phpmyadmin/phpmyadminPackagist |
before 4.9.2, plus listed versions 4.0.04.0.14.0.104.0.10.14.0.10.2 Show 37 moreShow less4.0.10.34.0.10.44.0.10.54.0.10.64.0.10.74.0.10.84.0.10.94.0.24.0.34.0.44.0.4.14.0.4.24.0.54.0.64.0.74.0.84.0.94.7.04.7.14.7.24.7.34.7.44.7.54.7.64.7.74.7.84.7.94.8.04.8.0.14.8.14.8.24.8.34.8.44.8.54.9.04.9.0.14.9.1 |
4.9.2 |
phpmyadminUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS |
before 4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm2, plus listed versions 4:4.0.6-14:4.0.8-14:4.0.9-14:4.0.10-14:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.14:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 |
4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm2 |
phpmyadminUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
before 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm4, plus listed versions 4:4.4.13.1-14:4.5.0.2-24:4.5.1-14:4.5.1-24:4.5.1-3 Show 10 moreShow less4:4.5.2-14:4.5.2-24:4.5.3.1-14:4.5.4-14:4.5.4.1-24:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu14:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu24:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.14:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm24:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm3 |
4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm4 |
phpmyadminUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5, plus listed versions 4:4.6.6-5 |
4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5 |
phpmyadminUbuntu:18.04:LTS From an advisory covering 14 CVEs |
before 4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5, plus listed versions 4:4.6.6-5 |
4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5 |
phpmyadminUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS From an advisory covering 21 CVEs |
before 4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm4, plus listed versions 4:4.0.6-14:4.0.8-14:4.0.9-14:4.0.10-14:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.14:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm14:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm24:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm3 |
4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm4 |
phpmyadminUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS From an advisory covering 21 CVEs |
before 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6, plus listed versions 4:4.4.13.1-14:4.5.0.2-24:4.5.1-14:4.5.1-24:4.5.1-3 Show 12 moreShow less4:4.5.2-14:4.5.2-24:4.5.3.1-14:4.5.4-14:4.5.4.1-24:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu14:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu24:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.14:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm24:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm34:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm44:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm5 |
4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6 |
phpmyadminUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS From an advisory covering 21 CVEs |
before 4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5+esm1, plus listed versions 4:4.6.6-54:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.2+esm14:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.2+esm24:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5 |
4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5+esm1 |
phpmyadminUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS From an advisory covering 21 CVEs |
before 4:4.9.5+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, plus listed versions 4:4.9.1+dfsg1-24:4.9.2+dfsg1-14:4.9.5+dfsg1-1ubuntu14:4.9.5+dfsg1-2 |
4:4.9.5+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected, aliases, references | OSV | |
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-19617 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Phpmyadmin, published December 6, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.27%, the 83rd percentile. Fixed in phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.9.2.
References
phpmyadmin.net/news/2019/11/22/phpmyadmin-492-released
github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/compare/RELEASE_4_9_1...RELEASE_4_9_2
github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1119de642b136d20e810bb20f545069a01dd7cc9
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00006.html
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00024.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19617
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github.com/advisories/GHSA-pgph-mc4p-f8c3
security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-19617
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-19617
github.com/phpmyadmin/composer
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19617
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4639-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19617
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4843-1
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7260
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19968
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19970
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6798
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-6799
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-11768
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12616
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-5504
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10802
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10803
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10804
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26934
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-26935
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9218
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6609
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6619
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6630
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9849
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-9866
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18264
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000014
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000015
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12581
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12922
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