CVE-2026-119428

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-119428",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-30T12:16:40.033",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-30T12:16:40.033",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger outbound connections via setup/validate.php, which lacks the setup-disabled guard. Attackers can POST attacker-chosen host and port values reaching Validator::testDBConnection() to open MySQL-protocol connections and probe internal ports using returned error messages."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "phpMyAdmin",
          "product": "phpMyAdmin",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "repo": "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin",
          "packageURL": "pkg:composer/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "5.2.3",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV40": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "4.0",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
          "baseScore": 6.3,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
          "attackRequirements": "PRESENT",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "vulnIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
          "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "confidentialityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "integrityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED"
        }
      }
    ],
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Primary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
          "baseScore": 3.7,
          "baseSeverity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 2.2,
        "impactScore": 1.4
      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Primary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-918"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-setup-validate",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Config/Validator.php#L241",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/setup/validate.php#L21-L35",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/126ac3ac5662ed3171ef3646636348fad3f8e952",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/510e442593af5d4702bbb46cdb45ad51f3a8a9d3",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/19156",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyadmin-through-5.2.3-ssrf-via-setup-validate-php-after-setup-disabled",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}