source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31188/info phpMyAdmin is prone to a vulnerability that attackers can leverage to execute arbitrary commands. This issue occurs because the application fails to adequately sanitize user-supplied input. Successful attacks can compromise the affected application and possibly the underlying computer. This issue affects versions prior to phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.1. http://www.example.com/server_databases.php?pos=0&dbstats=0&sort_by="]) OR exec('cp $(pwd)"/config.inc.php" config.txt'); //&sort_order=desc&token=[valid token]