CVE-2019-18622

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.2. A crafted database/table name can be used to trigger a SQL injection attack through the designer feature.

Published: 2019-11-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-18622 is rated High Risk (70.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.58%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.02% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-18622

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% 2.58% +2.02%
2 2026-05-31 0.74% 0.56% -0.18%
3 2026-03-17 0.74%

Full EPSS history (26 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-18622

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
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.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-18622

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-18622

GHSA-jgjc-332c-8cmc · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: composer — SQL injection in phpMyAdmin

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-18622

vendor priority summary link
alpine critical CVE-2019-18622: 1 source package rows (phpmyadmin); 22 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 15. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-18622
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-18622 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-2019-18622
gentoo normal CVE-2019-18622: 1 GLSA(s) (202003-39), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/phpmyadmin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2019-18622
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-18622 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 4, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18622

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-18622

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin < 4.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse backports_sle 15.0 cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse backports_sle 15.0 cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 31 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-18622

cvelogic Threat Intelligence