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phpMyAdmin 4.9.1 is released
by Isaac Bennetch 21 Sep '19

21 Sep '19

Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.9.1, a bugfix release. This is a regularly-schedule bugfix release that also includes some security hardening measures. We wish to point out that this also includes a routine fix for an issue that has been reported as CVE-2019-12922. The fix for this has been in our release queue to be part of this release, however it is the opinion of the team that the reported attack vector did not justify a separate release. This release includes fixes for many bugs, including: - Editing columns with CURRENT_TIMESTAMP for MySQL versions 8.0.13 and newer - Compatibility issues with PHP 8 - Export of GIS visualization - Enhanced descriptions for several collation types - Creating a user with a single quote in the password string - Unexpected quotes during import and export on text fields - Improvements to adding new tables to Designer - Fix an issue where an authenticated user could trigger heavy traffic between the database server and web server - Fix a weakness where an attacker, under certain conditions, working at the same time as an administrator is using the setup script, could delete a server from the setup script There are many, many more bug fixes thanks to the efforts of our developers, Google Summer of Code applicants, and other contributors. The phpMyAdmin team

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phpMyAdmin 5.0.0-alpha1 is available
by Isaac Bennetch 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

Hello, Welcome to the first public alpha of phpMyAdmin 5.0.0. This release features a great number of new features and bug fixes. While this release has already been tested in many ways, it is a test release and should be treated as such. With this release, we are removing support of old PHP versions (5.5, 5.6, 7.0, and HHVM). These versions are outdated and are no longer supported by the PHP team. Detailed requirement information is available in the documentation included with the download or at https://docs.phpmyadmin.net/en/latest/require.html. As shown at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/downloads/#support our current branch of 4.9.x is planned to remain supported for some time in an LTS capacity. Some of the changes and new features include: * Enable columns names by default for CSV exports * Add Metro theme * Automatically add the index when creating an auto increment column * Improvements to exporting views * Prompt the user for confirmation before running an UPDATE query with no WHERE clause * Improvements to how errors are show to the user (including allowing easier copying of the error text to the clipboard) * Added keystrokes to clear the line (ctrl+l) and clear the entire console window (ctrl+u) * Use charset 'windows-1252' when export format is MS Excel There are several more changes, please refer to the ChangeLog file included with the release for full details. Known shortcomings: Due to changes in the MySQL authentication method, PHP versions prior to 7.4 are unable to authenticate to a MySQL 8.0 or newer server (our tests show the problem actually began with MySQL 8.0.11). This relates to a PHP bug https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76243. There is a workaround, that is to set your user account to use the current-style password hash method, mysql_native_password. This unfortunate lack of coordination has caused the incompatibility to affect all PHP applications, not just phpMyAdmin. For more details, you can see our bug tracker item at https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/14220. Downloads are available now at https://phpmyadmin.net/downloads/ Our work would not be possible without the donations of our generous sponsor, and this release in particular is brought to you thanks to the hard work of our Google Summer of Code students and many other contributors. For the team, Isaac

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Quick fix for phpMyAdmin 4.9.0.1
by Isaac Bennetch 04 Jun '19

04 Jun '19

Hello, I made a slight mistake creating version 4.9.0 and did not include the fix for the attack against Designer. I've quickly released 4.9.0.1 to address this. Isaac for the phpMyAdmin team

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phpMyAdmin 4.9.0 is released
by Isaac Bennetch 04 Jun '19

04 Jun '19

Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.9.0, a bugfix release that includes important security fixes. This release fixes two security vulnerabilities: * PMASA-2019-3 is an SQL injection flaw in the Designer feature * PMASA-2019-4 is a CSRF attack that's possible through the 'cookie' login form Upgrading is highly recommended for all users. Using the 'http' auth_type instead of 'cookie' can mitigate the CSRF attack. The solution for the CSRF attack does remove the former functionality to log in directly through URL parameters (as mentioned in FAQ 4.8, such as https://example.com/phpmyadmin/?pma_username=root&password=foo) Such behavior was discouraged and is now removed. Other query parameters work as expected; only pma_username and pma_password have been removed. This release also includes fixes for many bugs, including: - Several issues with SYSTEM VERSIONING tables - Fixed json encode error in export - Fixed JavaScript events not activating on input (sql bookmark issue) - Show Designer combo boxes when adding a constraint - Fix edit view - Fixed invalid default value for bit field - Fix several errors relating to GIS data types - Fixed javascript error PMA_messages is not defined - Fixed import XML data with leading zeros - Fixed php notice, added support for 'DELETE HISTORY' table privilege (MariaDB >= 10.3.4) - Fixed MySQL 8.0.0 issues with GIS display - Fixed "Server charset" in "Database server" tab showing wrong information - Fixed can not copy user on Percona Server 5.7 - Updated sql-parser to version 4.3.2, which fixes several parsing and linting problems There are many, many more bug fixes thanks to the efforts of our developers, Google Summer of Code applicants, and other contributors. The phpMyAdmin team

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Upcoming phpMyAdmin security release
by Isaac Bennetch 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

Hello, This is an advanced notification that the phpMyAdmin team is preparing a security release to address two issues that have been reported. The release is planned for tomorrow, that is, in roughly 18-20 hours from the time of this message. This message is part of a continuing effort to provide advanced notification (when possible) for upcoming security announcements. Thank you, Isaac for the phpMyAdmin team

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Security announcement: phpMyAdmin 4.8.5 is released
by Isaac Bennetch 25 Jan '19

25 Jan '19

The phpMyAdmin team announces the release of phpMyAdmin version 4.8.5. Among other bug fixes, this contains several important security fixes. Upgrading is highly recommended for all users. The security fixes involve: * Arbitrary file read vulnerability (https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2019-1) * SQL injection in the Designer interface (https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2019-2) The arbitrary file read vulnerability could also be exploited to delete arbitrary files on the server. This attack requires that phpMyAdmin be run with the $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer'] directive set to true, which is not the default. An attacker must run a malicious server process that will masquerade as a MySQL server. This exploit has been found and fixed recently in several other related projects and appears to be caused by a bug in PHP (https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77496) In addition to the security fixes, this release also includes these bug fixes and more as part of our regular release cycle: * Export to SQL format not available * QR code not shown when adding two-factor authentication to a user account * Issue with adding a new user in MySQL 8.0.11 and newer * Frozen interface relating to Text_Plain_Sql plugin * Table level Operations tab was missing And several more. Complete notes are in the ChangeLog file included with this release. As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/downloads/

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Upcoming phpMyAdmin security release
by Isaac Bennetch 25 Jan '19

25 Jan '19

The phpMyAdmin project is announcing an upcoming security release. Two security flaws will be included in the 4.8.5 release and we recommend that all users update their installations. One attack requires setting a configuration directive, which is off by default. The other requires an attacker to have access to the MySQL server. We will post more details at the time of the release. Due to the scheduled release cycle where 4.8.5 was due for release this week, this security release will occur later today. We regret that we haven't provided more advanced notice in this case. This email is part of an experimental policy where we publish advance notifications of upcoming security releases. Thank you, Isaac for the phpMyAdmin team

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Security announcement: phpMyAdmin 4.8.4 is released
by Isaac Bennetch 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

The phpMyAdmin team announces the release of phpMyAdmin version 4.8.4. Among other bug fixes, this contains several important security fixes. Upgrading is highly recommended for all users. The security fixes involve: * Local file inclusion (https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-6/) * XSRF/CSRF vulnerabilities allowing a specially-crafted URL to perform harmful operations (https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-7/) and * an XSS vulnerability in the navigation tree (https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-8/) In addition to the security fixes, this release also includes these bug fixes and more as part of our regular release cycle: * Issue with changing theme * Ensure that database names with a dot ('.') are handled properly when DisableIS is true * Fix for message "Error while copying database (pma__column_info)" * Move operation causes "SELECT * FROM `undefined`" error * When logging with $cfg['AuthLog'] to syslog, successful login messages were not logged when $cfg['AuthLogSuccess'] was true * Multiple errors and regressions with Designer And several more. Complete notes are in the ChangeLog file included with this release. Note that for this release, we experimented with a pre-release announcement so that hosting providers and package managers would have an opportunity to prepare for the security release. If this was helpful to you or if you have feedback about this technique, please let us know through the public list developers(a)phpmyadmin.net or privately at security(a)phpmyadmin.net. We may or may not decide use this behavior in the future and your feedback will help us decide whether it's beneficial to the community. As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/downloads/

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Upcoming phpMyAdmin security release pre-announcement
by Isaac Bennetch 09 Dec '18

09 Dec '18

The phpMyAdmin project is announcing an upcoming security release. We feel this vulnerability is significant enough to make this announcement in advance. Our intention is to release the download for version 4.8.4 on Tuesday (December 11) at approximately 1400-1500 UTC. Details about the vulnerabilities will be provided at the time of release. Users, package managers, and others with questions or concerns can reach the security team in private at security(a)phpmyadmin.net or by replying to me directly. Isaac, for the phpMyAdmin team

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phpMyAdmin 4.8.3 is released
by Isaac Bennetch 22 Aug '18

22 Aug '18

The phpMyAdmin team is pleased to announce the release of phpMyAdmin version 4.8.3. Among other bug fixes, this contains a security fix for an issue that can be exploited when importing files. A flaw was discovered with how warning messages are displayed while importing a file. This attack requires a specially-crafted file but can allow an attacker to trick the user in to executing a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. We recommend updating immediately to mitigate this attack. In addition to the security fixes, this release also includes these bug fixes and more as part of our regular release cycle: * An error where a database is named 0 * Fix for NULL as default not being shown * Fix for recent tables list * Fix for slow performance with table filtering * Two-factor authentication (2FA) fails if the GD PHP library is missing * Event scheduler toggle does not work * ERR_BLOCKED_BY_XSS_AUDITOR error when exporting a table * PHP 7.3 warning: "continue" in "switch" is equal to "break" And several more. Complete notes are in the ChangeLog file included with this release. As always, downloads are available at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/downloads/

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