Static code injection vulnerability in setup.php in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.5 and 3.x before 3.1.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary PHP code into a configuration file via the save action.
CVE-2009-1151
“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.
Score elevated to 9.8 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-25), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at low mission impact
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 9.8
- EG Score
- 9.8CRITICALhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 99EG Risk 99/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity98% × 45%The EG Score, 9.8 of 10.Exploitation100% × 40%Fixed at 100% for a CISA KEV listing: EchelonGraph's rule.Automatability100% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Attend at low mission impact; Act at medium or high.Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it sooner than your standard update timelines at low mission impact and as soon as possible at medium or high. - EPSS PROB
- 97%
- EPSS %ILE
- 99th
- KEV
- ⚠ Exploited
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Attend at low mission impact; Act at medium or high.
A fix is available. Apply it sooner than your standard update timelines at low mission impact and as soon as possible at medium or high.
Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 3 days & forensic triage if it is not.
In CISA KEV yes (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
CISA required action“Apply updates per vendor instructions.”
Quoted verbatim from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA directs it at US federal civilian executive branch agencies under Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on 10 June 2026; it is not EchelonGraph's advice. CISA's notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1151
Published
March 26, 2009
Last Modified
April 22, 2026
Advisory Details (8)
Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026CVE-2009-1151 phpMyAdmin Remote Code Execution Proof of Concept
http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/cve-2009-1151-phpmyadmin-remote-code-execution-proof-of-concept/[SECURITY] [DSA 1824-1] New phpmyadmin packages fix several vulnerabilities
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1824phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 200906-03) — Gentoo security
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200906-03.xmlphpMyAdmin download | SourceForge.net
http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin/branches/MAINT_2_11_9/phpMyAdmin/scripts/setup.php?r1=11514&r2=12301&pathrev=12301Affected Packages
(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| phpmyadmin | — |
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Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| phpmyadmin | — |
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Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| phpmyadmin | — |
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Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| phpmyadmin | — |
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Debian:4.0(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| phpmyadmin | 4:2.9.1.1-10 ... 4:2.9.1.1-9 (8 versions) |
| — |
Debian:5.0(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| phpmyadmin | 4:2.11.8.1-5 |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(6 references)Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 3 Exploit-DB entries, 1 GitHub PoC), as is 1 Nuclei detection template. A detection template checks whether a system is affected; it is not necessarily exploit code. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.
- Exploit-DBEDB-16913✓ verifiedPublished Jul 3, 2010
phpMyAdmin - Config File Code Injection (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/unix/webapp/phpmyadmin_config✓ verifiedPublished Nov 16, 2009
phpMyAdmin Config File Code Injection
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-8992✓ verifiedPublished Jun 22, 2009
phpMyAdmin - 'pmaPWN!' Code Injection / Remote Code Execution
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-8921✓ verifiedPublished Jun 9, 2009
phpMyAdmin - '/scripts/setup.php' PHP Code Injection
Open source ↗ - Nucleihttp/cves/2009/CVE-2009-1151.yamlPublished Apr 14, 2021
PhpMyAdmin Scripts - Remote Code Execution
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCpagvac/pocsPublished Feb 3, 2018
phpMyAdmin '/scripts/setup.php' PHP Code Injection RCE PoC (CVE-2009-1151)
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