Phpmyadmin Hacktricks May 2026

HackTricks phpMyAdmin focuses on reconnaissance, gaining access, and post-exploitation techniques to elevate privileges or execute code. Reconnaissance and Versioning Version Detection

Weak Credentials

: If defaults fail, attempt a dictionary attack. Note that many environments may lack rate limiting, though some may require a rate-limit bypass using headers like X-Forwarded-For . 2. Post-Authentication Exploitation phpmyadmin hacktricks

Remote Code Execution (RCE) via LFI:

Specific versions (like 4.8.0 and 4.8.1) have known Local File Inclusion (LFI) vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2018-12613 , which can be leveraged for RCE by authenticated users. Update constantly – CVE-2016-5734, CVE-2018-12613, etc

3.1 SELECT INTO OUTFILE – Classic Webshell

Example:

SELECT user, authentication_string FROM mysql.user; Update constantly – CVE-2016-5734