Low severity3.7NVD Advisory· Published Oct 30, 2026
CVE-2026-119428
CVE-2026-119428
Description
phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger outbound connections via setup/validate.php, which lacks the setup-disabled guard. Attackers can POST attacker-chosen host and port values reaching Validator::testDBConnection() to open MySQL-protocol connections and probe internal ports using returned error messages.
Affected products
1- Range: <=5.2.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-setup-validatenvd
- github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Config/Validator.phpnvd
- github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/setup/validate.phpnvd
- github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/126ac3ac5662ed3171ef3646636348fad3f8e952nvd
- github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/510e442593af5d4702bbb46cdb45ad51f3a8a9d3nvd
- github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/19156nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyadmin-through-5.2.3-ssrf-via-setup-validate-php-after-setup-disablednvd
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.