SQL Injection in phpMyAdmin
CVE-2020-26935
An issue was discovered in SearchController in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.6 and 5.x before 5.0.3. A SQL injection vulnerability was discovered in how phpMyAdmin processes SQL statements in the search feature. An attacker could use this flaw to inject malicious SQL in to a query.
Vulnerability class: SQL Injection
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.657 (99.3th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.671 · newest: 0.657 · change: -0.014
Affected products
- phpMyAdmin
- Debian Linux — versions 9.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32, 33
- openSUSE Backports Sle — versions 15.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.1, 15.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-6/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00027.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00024.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00005.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-35 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4281 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-26935?
- CVE-2020-26935 is a critical-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-10-10.
- How severe is CVE-2020-26935?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-26935 known to be exploited?
- 16 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.