CVE-2018-12613 Details
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 4.8.x before 4.8.2, in which an attacker can include (view and potentially execute) files on the server. The vulnerability comes from a portion of code where pages are redirected and loaded within phpMyAdmin, and an improper test for whitelisted pages. An attacker must be authenticated, except in the "$cfg['AllowArbitraryServer'] = true" case (where an attacker can specify any host he/she is already in control of, and execute arbitrary code on phpMyAdmin) and the "$cfg['ServerDefault'] = 0" case (which bypasses the login requirement and runs the vulnerable code without any authentication).
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-12613
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
94.26 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (100th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2018-12613
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
8.8 High
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CVE-2018-12613 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
US 7 16.67%
DE 6 14.29%
CN 5 11.90%
GB 4 9.52%
SG 4 9.52%
HK 3 7.14%
HU 3 7.14%
JP 3 7.14%
AU 1 2.38%
CA 1 2.38%

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CVE-2018-12613 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Technology 28 93.33%
Telecommunications 2 6.67%

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