CVE-2019-12922

Exp

A CSRF issue in phpMyAdmin 4.9.0.1 allows deletion of any server in the Setup page.

Published: 2019-09-13 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-12922 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 31.96%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2019-12922

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
47385 exploit_db edb 2019-09-13 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-12922

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 2026-05-31 42.25% 31.96% -10.29%
2 2026-03-04 50.95% 42.25% -8.70%
3 2026-03-01 50.95%

Full EPSS history (56 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-12922

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N 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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 3.6 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-12922

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-12922

GHSA-4c9q-64gq-xhx4 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — phpMyAdmin Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-12922

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2019-12922: 1 source package rows (phpmyadmin); 20 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 7, open 13. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-12922
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-12922 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-2019-12922
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-12922 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 7, released 4, DNE 1, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12922

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-12922

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin <= 4.9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 29 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 31 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-12922

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00078.html Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00024.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154483/phpMyAdmin-4.9.0.1-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/23 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/427fbed55d3154d96ecfc1c7784d49eaa3c04161 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/7d21d4223bdbe0306593309132b4263d7087d13b Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PBLBE6CSC2ZLINIRBUU5XBLXYVBTF3KA/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QJ5BW2VEMD2P23ZYRWHDBEQHOKGKGWD6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YCB3PTGHZ7AJCM6BKCQRRP6HG3OKYCMN/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47385 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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