SQL Injection in Phpmyadmin
CVE-2020-5504
In phpMyAdmin 4 before 4.9.4 and 5 before 5.0.1, SQL injection exists in the user accounts page. A malicious user could inject custom SQL in place of their own username when creating queries to this page. An attacker must have a valid MySQL account to access the server.
Vulnerability class: SQL Injection
EPSS: 0.388 (98.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Phpmyadmin
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- Suse Suse_linux_enterprise_server — versions 12
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-5504?
- CVE-2020-5504 is a high-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2020-01-09.
- How severe is CVE-2020-5504?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-5504 known to be exploited?
- 25 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.