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We at the phpMyAdmin project are pleased to publish phpMyAdmin 5.1.0.

There are many new features and bug fixes; a few highlights include:

• Improve virtuality dropdown for MariaDB > 10.1
• Added an option to perform ALTER ONLINE (ALGORITHM=INPLACE) when editing a table structure
• Added ip2long transformation
• Improvements to linking to MySQL and MariaDB documentation
• Add “Preview SQL” option on Index dialog box when creating a new table
• Add a new vendor constant “CACHE_DIR” that defaults to “libraries/cache/” and store routing cache into this folder
• Add $ cfg[‘CaptchaSiteVerifyURL’] for Google ReCaptcha siteVerifyUrl
• Add the password_hash PHP function as an option when inserting data
• Improvements to editing and displaying columns of the JSON data type.
• Added support for “SameSite=Strict” on cookies using configuration “$ cfg[‘CookieSameSite’]”
• Fixed AWS RDS IAM authentication doesn’t work because pma_password is truncated
• Add config parameters to support third-party ReCaptcha v2 compatible APIs like hCaptcha
• Add $ cfg[‘MysqlSslWarningSafeHosts’] to set the red text black when ssl is not used on a private network
• Export blobs as hex on JSON export
• Fix leading space not shown in a CHAR column when browsing a table
• Added a rename Button to use RENAME INDEX syntax of MySQL 5.7 (and MariaDB >= 10.5.2)
• Fixed missing option to enter TABLE specific permissions when the database name contains an “_” (underscore)
• Fixed a PHP notice “Trying to access array offset on value of type null” on Designer PDF export
• Fix for several PHP 8 warnings or errors, giving this release full compatibility with PHP 8

There are, of course, many more fixes you can see in the ChangeLog file included with this release or online at https://demo.phpmyadmin.net/master-config/index.php?route=/changelog

Downloads are available now at https://phpmyadmin.net/downloads/

Isaac and the phpMyAdmin team

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Welcome to the release of phpMyAdmin version 4.9.7 and 5.0.4. These are bug fix releases to address packaging problems with 4.9.6 and 5.0.3. Version 5.0.3 includes a few other minor bugs as well.

Fixed in both:

• Two factor authentication was broken
• Incompatibilities with older PHP versions.

Additional fixes in 5.0.3:

• Fix for cleared search values when a Zoom search fails
• Fix a PHP error when reporting a certain JavaScript error
• Fixed latitude and longitude swap for geometries in edit mode
• Fix CREATE TABLE not being tracked when auto tracking is enabled

Sorry for the inconvenience.

This is expected to be the last release of 5.0, we have scheduled 5.1.0 as the next phpMyAdmin release.

This is a reminder that phpMyAdmin 4.9 is in the long-term support phase where it will only get important security fixes and critical bug fixes. Users are suggested to migrate to version 5.

Downloads are available now at https://phpmyadmin.net/downloads/

For the phpMyAdmin team,
Isaac

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Hello,

The phpMyAdmin team announces the release of both phpMyAdmin versions 4.9.6 and 5.0.3.

Both versions contain several important security fixes:

• PMASA-2020-5 XSS vulnerability with transformation feature
• PMASA-2020-6 SQL injection vulnerability with the search feature

In addition, 5.0.3 contains many bugfixes. Some of the highlights include:

• Fix an error message about htmlspecialchars() when attempting to export XML
• Support double tapping to edit on mobile
• Fix the error message “Use of undefined constant MYSQLI_TYPE_JSON” when using mysqlnd
• Fix fatal JS error on index creation after using Enter key to submit the form
• Fix “axis-order” to swap latitude and longitude on MySQL 8.1 or newer
• Fix an error when overwriting an existing query bookmark
• Fix some warnings that appear with PHP 8
• Fix alter user privileges query when editing an account with MySQL 8.0.11 and newer
• Fix issues regarding TIMESTAMP columns with default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP in MySQL 8.0.13 and newer
• Fix a message that “Warning: error_reporting() has been disabled for security reasons” on php 7.x

There are many other bugs fixes, please see the ChangeLog file included with this 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. We suggest upgrading your PHP installation to take advantage of the upgraded authentication methods.

Downloads are available now at https://phpmyadmin.net/downloads/

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Hello,

The phpMyAdmin team announces the release of both 4.9.5 and 5.0.2.

Both versions contain several security fixes:

• PMASA-2020-2 SQL injection vulnerability in the user accounts page,
  particularly when changing a password
• PMASA-2020-3 SQL injection vulnerability relating to the search feature
• PMASA-2020-4 SQL injection and XSS having to do with displaying results
• Removing of the “options” field for the external transformation.

We are removing the ability for users to set “options” field for the
external transformation. This must now be hard coded in the plugin file directly (where the program is configured). This feature allows users to pipe output directly to an executable file, however the options field presented a security risk and we have decided to move the options to be hard coded in the transformation plugin file. For further assistance, please reach out to our support team through email or Github pull request.

Version 5.0.3 also contains many bug fixes:

• Fix for copying a user account
• Removed SET AUTOCOMMIT=0 from SQL export
• Fix for the display of table borders
• Fix for ENUM radio button user interface problems
• Improved the prompt for abandoning changes when no changes were made
  in the SQL window
• Fix for inserting a primary key with “insert as new row”
• Fix incorrect suggested latest available version to version 5

There are many other bugs fixes, please see the ChangeLog file included
with this 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. We suggest
upgrading your PHP installation to take advantage of the authentication
methods.

As a reminder, phpMyAdmin 4.9 is in the long-term support phase where it will only get important security fixes and critical bug fixes. Users are suggested to migrate to version 5.0.

Downloads are available now at https://phpmyadmin.net/downloads/

For the phpMyAdmin team,
Isaac

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The phpMyAdmin team announces the release of versions 4.9.4 and 5.0.1.

As a reminder, version 4.x is in the LTS phase, where only security fixes and critical bug fixes are made. Users are suggested to migrate to version 5.

These releases address two issues, a problem with two-factor authentication that was introduced with the last releases, and a fix for an SQL injection vulnerability that was reported by CSW Research Labs https://twitter.com/cswcyberworks. This vulnerability is assigned PMASA-2020-1 and requires that the attacker have logged in through a valid MySQL account.

Known issue: the reported current release version may display incorrectly on the main page (for instance, “Version information: 5.0.1, latest stable version: 4.9.4”). This is expected to be fixed in the next routine bug fix release.

Downloads are available at phpmyadmin.net.

Happy new year,
the phpMyAdmin team

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Welcome to phpMyAdmin 4.9.3, a routine bugfix release. This release is occurring simultaneously with the release of phpMyAdmin 5.0.0, which is our recommended version except for users with older PHP installations.

This is planned as the final bugfix release of phpMyAdmin version 4. Version 4 works with PHP versions 5.5 through (at least) 7.4,
and MySQL versions 5.5 and newer (and the corresponding MariaDB versions). Version 5 will require PHP 7.1 or newer, but
we plan to maintain security fixes for version 4 as part of our LTS program. For end of life details and supported
versions, please see the “Supported versions” grid at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/downloads/.

This release includes fixes for many bugs, including:

• Several PHP notices and warnings including “Undefined index table_create_time,”
  a notice about error_reporting() being disabled for security reasons, and several Undefined Index errors.
• Support CloudFront-Forwarded-Proto header for Amazon CloudFront proxy
• Early compatibility with development versions of PHP 8
• Fix replication actions (start, stop, etc)

There are many, many more bug fixes thanks to the efforts of our developers and other contributors.
For full details, you can see the ChangeLog file included with this release.

The phpMyAdmin team

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