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What is this endpoint?
config/config.php
phpMyAdmin
What an attacker could do
This phpMyAdmin configuration file contains the database host, username, password, blowfish secret, and control-user settings, giving an attacker direct database credentials and the ability to forge auth cookies. With the DB credentials they can read or modify all application data.
How to defend it
Keep config.php outside the web root or block .php config files from direct HTTP access, set restrictive file permissions (640), and never store plaintext DB credentials where the web server serves them.
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