CVE-2005-4079: phpMyAdmin

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The register_globals emulation in phpMyAdmin 2.7.0 rc1 allows remote attackers to exploit other vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin by modifying the import_blacklist variable in grab_globals.php, which can then be used to overwrite other variables.

Affected products

• phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin: version 2.7.0_rc1 only

Published 2005-12-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.