CVE-2009-1151: phpMyAdmin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name: phpMyAdmin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Product: phpMyAdmin
Added to the catalog: 2022-03-25
Due date for US federal agencies: 2022-04-15
Weaknesses: CWE-94
Catalog version: 2026.10.30

Setup script used to generate configuration can be fooled using a crafted POST request to include arbitrary PHP code in generated configuration file.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1151

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NVD analysis

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2009-03-26T14:30:00.267
Last modified: 2026-06-16T23:06:36.970
Weaknesses: CWE-94

Static code injection vulnerability in setup.php in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.5 and 3.x before 3.1.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code into a configuration file via the save action.

Metric	Score	Severity	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	9.8	CRITICAL	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	7.5	HIGH	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	[email protected] (Primary)

References

http://labs.neohapsis.com/2009/04/06/about-cve-2009-1151/ (Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html (Product)
http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin/branches/MAINT_2_11_9/phpMyAdmin/scripts/setup.php?r1=11514&r2=12301&pathrev=12301 (Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34430 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35585 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35635 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-03.xml (Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1824 (Mailing List)
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/cve-2009-1151-phpmyadmin-remote-code-execution-proof-of-concept/ (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:115 (Broken Link)
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2009-3.php (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504191/100/0/threaded (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34236 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8921 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://labs.neohapsis.com/2009/04/06/about-cve-2009-1151/ (Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html (Product)
http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin/branches/MAINT_2_11_9/phpMyAdmin/scripts/setup.php?r1=11514&r2=12301&pathrev=12301 (Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34430 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35585 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35635 (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-03.xml (Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1824 (Mailing List)
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/cve-2009-1151-phpmyadmin-remote-code-execution-proof-of-concept/ (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:115 (Broken Link)
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2009-3.php (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504191/100/0/threaded (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34236 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8921 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2009-1151 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner: mitre
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2009-03-26T14:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2025-10-22T00:05:55.158Z
Problem types: n/a

References

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2009-3.php
GLSA-200906-03
34642
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/cve-2009-1151-phpmyadmin-remote-code-execution-proof-of-concept/
20090609 CVE-2009-1151: phpMyAdmin Remote Code Execution Proof of Concept
DSA-1824
SUSE-SR:2009:008
MDVSA-2009:115
34236
34430
35635
http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin/branches/MAINT_2_11_9/phpMyAdmin/scripts/setup.php?r1=11514&r2=12301&pathrev=12301
8921
35585
http://labs.neohapsis.com/2009/04/06/about-cve-2009-1151/

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2009-1151: phpMyAdmin Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-5c72a28d915c, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2009-1151 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-16T23:06:36.970.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-22T00:05:55.158Z.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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