CVE-2026-119428
Low 3.7
Description
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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3.7 (LOW)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 4.0
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6.3 (MEDIUM)
Score source: CNA
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 - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% (percentile: 24) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-918
References
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-setup-validate
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/C…
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/setup/validate.php#…
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/126ac3ac5662ed3171ef3646636348f…
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/510e442593af5d4702bbb46cdb45ad5…
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/19156
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyadmin-through-5.2.3-ssrf-via-setup-va…