CVE-2019-12616

Publication date 5 June 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.0. A vulnerability was found that allows an attacker to trigger a CSRF attack against a phpMyAdmin user. The attacker can trick the user, for instance through a broken <img> tag pointing at the victim's phpMyAdmin database, and the attacker can potentially deliver a payload (such as a specific INSERT or DELETE statement) to the victim.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled some requests. An attacker could possibly use this to perform a CSRF attack.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
phpmyadmin	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm3
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N