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What is this endpoint?
conf/config.ini
phpMyAdmin
What an attacker could do
A configuration ini for phpMyAdmin or similar tooling can expose database hostnames, usernames, passwords, and auth secrets, granting an attacker direct database access and the ability to forge sessions. Plaintext credentials here typically compromise the backing data store.
How to defend it
Store config.ini outside the document root with restrictive permissions, block direct HTTP access to .ini files at the web server, and reference secrets from environment variables rather than committing them to served files.
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