CVE-2018-10188

Exp

phpMyAdmin 4.8.0 before 4.8.0-1 has CSRF, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statements, related to js/db_operations.js, js/tbl_operations.js, libraries/classes/Operations.php, and sql.php.

Published: 2018-04-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-10188 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.22%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-10188

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
44496 exploit_db edb 2018-04-23 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-10188

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 2026-06-29 4.90% 4.22% -0.68%
2 2026-06-24 4.96% 4.90% -0.06%
3 2026-06-15 — 4.96% —

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-10188

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-10188

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-10188

GHSA-v6fp-h79x-9rqc · Severity: high · Ecosystem: composer — phpMyAdmin CSRF vulnerability allowing arbitrary SQL execution

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-10188

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2018-10188: 1 source package rows (phpmyadmin); 8 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 8, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-10188
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-10188 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-2018-10188
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-10188 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 7 status rows across 7 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 5, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10188

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-10188

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-10188

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103936 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040752 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44496/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-2/ Vendor Advisory
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