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What is this endpoint?
pma/
Common alias path for phpMyAdmin database administration
What an attacker could do
This common phpMyAdmin alias gives the same database takeover as the canonical path - full SQL access to MySQL/MariaDB, credential brute-forcing, and potential file writes leading to remote code execution.
How to defend it
Remove unused phpMyAdmin aliases, bind admin tooling to internal networks only, enforce strong authentication and IP restrictions, and return a clean 404 for these paths on production.
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