CVE-2008-5621

Exp

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.4 and 3.x before 3.1.1.0 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as the administrator via a link or IMG tag to tbl_structure.php with a modified table parameter. NOTE: other unspecified pages are also reachable, but they have the same root cause. NOTE: this can be leveraged to conduct SQL injection attacks and execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2008-12-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5621 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.15%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.59% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5621

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7382 exploit_db edb 2008-12-08 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5621

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.56% 2.15% +1.59%
2 2025-12-17 0.48% 0.56% +0.08%
3 2025-05-28 — 0.48% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5621

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5621

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5621

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2008-5621 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5621
gentoo normal CVE-2008-5621: 1 GLSA(s) (200903-32), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/phpmyadmin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-5621
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5621
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-5621 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 7 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 3, ignored 2, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5621

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5621

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.8 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 2.11.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5621

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/50894
http://secunia.com/advisories/33076 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33146 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33246 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33822 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33912 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-32.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4753
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20081222-1/
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1723
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/1
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2008-10.php Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32720 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3402
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3501 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47168
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7382
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00784.html
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