Vulnerability · Published Mar 22, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-10804

High 8.0

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the phpmyadmin package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.4% (higher than 84% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)8.0High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.4%top 16.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability was found in retrieval of the current username (in libraries/classes/Server/Privileges.php and libraries/classes/UserPassword.php). A malicious user with access to the server could create a crafted username, and then trick the victim into performing specific actions with that user account (such as editing its privileges).

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20phpmyadmin5.0.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-10804
Alpine:v3.21phpmyadmin5.0.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-10804
Alpine:v3.22phpmyadmin5.0.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-10804
Alpine:v3.23phpmyadmin5.0.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-10804
Alpine:v3.24phpmyadmin5.0.2-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-10804
Debian:12phpmyadmin4:4.9.5+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10804
Debian:13phpmyadmin4:4.9.5+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10804
Debian:14phpmyadmin4:4.9.5+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10804
Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin5.0.2GHSA-h65r-8fp8-w7cx
Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin4.9.5GHSA-h65r-8fp8-w7cx

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References