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Sensitive Data: phpMyAdmin - Default Login

Identifier: phpmyadmin_default_login

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Description

phpMyAdmin database management interface may be accessible with default credentials, allowing unauthorized access to database accounts and potentially exposing sensitive information, modifying data, or executing unauthorized operations.

How we test: We attempt to authenticate to the phpMyAdmin interface using common default username and password combinations. If authentication succeeds, we report the vulnerability.

Reference:

Configuration

Example

Example configuration:

---
security_tests:
  phpmyadmin_default_login:
    skip: false

Reference

skip

Type : boolean

Skip the test if true.