Phpmyadmin Hacktricks Verified Review

This article aggregates, tests, and verifies the most effective phpMyAdmin attack techniques. Every method listed has been against recent versions (phpMyAdmin 4.9.x, 5.1.x, 5.2.x) on Linux and Windows environments. Part 1: Reconnaissance & Detection Before executing exploits, you must identify phpMyAdmin. 1.1 Default Paths (Verified) Scanning for these paths yields results in >70% of default installations:

/phpmyadmin/ /pma/ /dbadmin/ /myadmin/ /phpMyAdmin/ /MySQL/ /phpmyadmin2/ /phpmyadmin3/ /pma_db/ Use curl -k -I https://target/phpmyadmin/ and look for the Set-Cookie: phpMyAdmin= header. That header is unique to phpMyAdmin. 1.2 Version Detection Access /doc/html/index.html or /changelog.php to read the version number. phpmyadmin hacktricks verified

Works on Apache with default www-data permissions. Fails if secure_file_priv is set or web directory not writable. 3.2 General Log File Injection (Bypasses secure_file_priv) When secure_file_priv is NULL, use this method. This article aggregates, tests, and verifies the most

| Username | Password | |----------|----------| | root | root | | root | (blank) | | root | toor | | admin | (blank) | | pma | pmapassword | Works on Apache with default www-data permissions

LOAD_FILE('/etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php'); Look for $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] . If $cfg['blowfish_secret'] is weak or default, you can decrypt session cookies and impersonate admin.

Remember: The difference between a hacker and a security engineer is verification. Run these tests. Document the results. Then patch, block, and monitor. Bookmark this page or run the pma-hacktricks-verifier.sh script (available on GitHub) to automate checks for all methods described above.