Many web hosting environments and older CMS installations package outdated versions of phpMyAdmin that are never manually updated by the user.
To ensure your installation is truly "patched" and protected against the techniques listed on HackTricks, follow these steps: phpmyadmin hacktricks patched
This is one of the most famous vulnerabilities featured in HackTricks. Affecting versions 4.8.0 and 4.8.1 , it allowed an authenticated user to include arbitrary files by bypassing path validation. Attackers could achieve RCE by including a database file containing a "webshell". Many web hosting environments and older CMS installations
Even though the developers at phpMyAdmin release frequent security updates, many systems remain vulnerable because: Attackers could achieve RCE by including a database
HackTricks meticulously catalogs methods to compromise phpMyAdmin. Most critical vulnerabilities that allows for Remote Code Execution (RCE) or Local File Inclusion (LFI) are found in older versions.