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CVE-2019-6799

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-6799 is a local file inclusion vulnerability in phpMyAdmin versions prior to 4.8.5, affecting Debian and phpMyAdmin products. When the AllowArbitraryServer setting is enabled, a malicious MySQL server can be used to read arbitrary files on the web server. This medium severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) has a high impact on confidentiality, requiring high attack complexity but no user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, a Nuclei template exists, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
15.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1541 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 4.8.5

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-c8wj-q36q-3wg4medium

phpMyAdmin Arbitrary file read vulnerability

May 13, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00039.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
phpmyadmin.net / security/PMASA-2019-1
MitigationPatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/106736
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry