CVE-2018-10188

HIGH

phpMyAdmin 4.8.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-10188. PoCs published by revengsh.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a CSRF vulnerability in phpMyAdmin versions prior to 4.8.0-1, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries (e.g., dropping a database) via a crafted HTTP GET request. The PoC is a simple HTML link that triggers the malicious SQL query when clicked by an authenticated user.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by revengsh · htmlwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44496

This exploit demonstrates a CSRF vulnerability in phpMyAdmin versions prior to 4.8.0-1, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries (e.g., dropping a database) via a crafted HTTP GET request. The PoC is a simple HTML link that triggers the malicious SQL query when clicked by an authenticated user.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: phpMyAdmin < 4.8.0-1
Auth required
Prerequisites: Victim must be authenticated in phpMyAdmin · Victim must click the malicious link
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103936
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040752
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-2/
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44496/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0065
EPSS Percentile 71.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-352
Status published
Products (2)
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.8.0
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.8 - 4.8.0.1Packagist
Published Apr 19, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026