CVE-2009-1285
Static code injection vulnerability in the getConfigFile function in setup/lib/ConfigFile.class.php in phpMyAdmin 3.x before 3.1.3.2…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 10.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Static code injection vulnerability in the getConfigFile function in setup/lib/ConfigFile.class.php in phpMyAdmin 3.x before 3.1.3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code into configuration files.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module for it.
Show the exploits1
Metasploit modules1 module
- phpMyAdmin Config File Code Injection (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/unix/webapp/phpmyadmin_configRank excellentdisclosed 24 Mar 2009
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.9% · top 4.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2009-4.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1045 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 34741 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34727 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin/branches/MAINT_3_1_3/phpMyAdmin/setup/lib/ConfigFile.class.php?r1=12248&r2=12301&pathrev=12342 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34526 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3700 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-3692 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-1283 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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