--- title: "TYPO3-EXT-SA-2014-018: Multiple vulnerabilities in extension phpMyAdmin (phpmyadmin)" url: "https://news.typo3.com/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2014-018" description: "It has been discovered that the extension \"phpMyAdmin\" (phpmyadmin) is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting, Denial of Service and Local File Inclusion." image: "https://news.typo3.com/_assets/d1e01514e4c4a5b3147940fa2ec50682/Images/og-image-news.jpg" date: 2026-06-11 modified: 2026-06-11 categories: - TYPO3 Extensions --- # TYPO3-EXT-SA-2014-018: Multiple vulnerabilities in extension phpMyAdmin (phpmyadmin) - Security / [TYPO3 Extensions](https://news.typo3.com/article/category/security/typo3-extensions) TYPO3-EXT-SA-2014-018: Multiple vulnerabilities in extension phpMyAdmin (phpmyadmin) ==================================================================================== 08 December 2014 ![A laptop screen displaying a list of security advisories](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/d/c/csm_security_blog_default_77f8e86036.webp) It has been discovered that the extension "phpMyAdmin" (phpmyadmin) is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting, Denial of Service and Local File Inclusion. - ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/bbf959d8e683550c90ae922aff9145d8.jpeg)[Marcus Krause](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/marcus-krause) **Release Date:** December 8, 2014 **Component Type:** Third party extension. This extension is not a part of the TYPO3 default installation. **Affected Versions:** 4.18.x (prior to 4.18.5) **Vulnerability Type:** Cross-Site Scripting, Denial of Service, Local File Inclusion **Severity:** High **Suggested CVSS v2.0:** AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:P/E:ND/RL:O/RC:C **References:** [PMASA-2014-13](http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-13.php) (XSS), [PMASA-2014-14](http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-14.php) (LFI), [PMASA-2014-17](http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-17.php) (DoS), **Related CVE:** CVE-2014-8958 (XSS), CVE-2014-8959 (LFI), CVE-2014-9218 (DoS) **Problem Description:** By not validating user input, phpMyAdmin is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting and Local File Inclusion. Due to insufficient handling of long passwords during authentication, phpMyAdmin is susceptible to Denial Of Service. **Solution:** An updated version 4.18.5 is available from the TYPO3 extension manager and at [http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/download/phpmyadmin/4.18.5/t3x/](http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/download/phpmyadmin/4.18.5/t3x/ "Opens external link in new window"). Users of the extension are advised to update the extension as soon as possible. **Credits:** The vendor of the phpMyAdmin upstream software credits Johannes Dahse, Javier Nieto and Andres Rojas. Thanks to Andreas Beutel for providing a TYPO3 extension package with an updated phpMyAdmin version. **General advice:** Follow the recommendations that are given in the [TYPO3 Security Guide](http://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/SecurityGuide/ "Initiates file download"). Please subscribe to the [typo3-announce mailing list](http://lists.typo3.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-announce "Opens external link in new window") to receive future Security Bulletins via E-mail. ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/b5c88386e5b1d8fca79d0652427922d2.jpeg) About the Author [Marcus Krause](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/marcus-krause) [More posts by this author](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/marcus-krause)