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Vulnerability · CVE-2012-5469

Portable phpMyAdmin Plugin before 1.3.1 for WordPress Authentication Bypass

Published May 11, 2022 · catalog updated May 11, 2022 · phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin

Patch now

CVE-2012-5469 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
23.75%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin

The Portable phpMyAdmin plugin before 1.3.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain phpMyAdmin console access via a direct request to wp-content/plugins/portable-phpmyadmin/wp-pma-mod.

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  • vendor phpMyAdmin phpMyAdminversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2012-5469

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2012-5469 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 23.75%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 11, 2022 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The Portable phpMyAdmin plugin before 1.3.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain phpMyAdmin console access via a direct request to wp-content/plugins/portable-phpmyadmin/wp-pma-mod.

  2. May 11, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2012-5469

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2012-5469

    30-day exploitation probability 23.7%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2012-5469

    The Portable phpMyAdmin plugin before 1.3.1 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and obtain phpMyAdmin console access via a direct request to wp-content/plugins/portable-phpmyadmin/wp-pma-mod.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.