Phpmyadmin Hacktricks Verified

Many older or misconfigured installations use default credentials:

| Username | Password | |----------|----------| | root | (empty) | | root | root | | root | 123456 | | pma | (empty) | | pma | pmapassword (old versions) |

PHPMyAdmin allows users to upload files to the server. An attacker can exploit this feature to upload malicious files. phpmyadmin hacktricks verified

Exploitation Steps:

Mitigation:

Before exploiting, you must find the interface. phpMyAdmin paths are predictable.

Look for /phpmyadmin/themes/pmahomme/img/logo_left.png. Combined with doc/html/index.html or README, you can extract the exact version. Version matters because exploits differ widely between 2.x, 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x. Mitigation: Before exploiting

HackTricks Tip: Use whatweb target.com/phpmyadmin – it often extracts version from meta generators.