Vulnerability · Published Jan 9, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-5504
High 8.8
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 28.0% (higher than 98% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)28.0%top 1.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Public PoC
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | phpmyadmin | 5.0.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-5504 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | phpmyadmin | 5.0.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-5504 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | phpmyadmin | 5.0.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-5504 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | phpmyadmin | 5.0.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-5504 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | phpmyadmin | 5.0.1-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-5504 |
| Debian:12 | phpmyadmin | 4:4.9.4+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-5504 |
| Debian:13 | phpmyadmin | 4:4.9.4+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-5504 |
| Debian:14 | phpmyadmin | 4:4.9.4+dfsg1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-5504 |
| Packagist | phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin | 5.0.1 | GHSA-fgj8-93xx-f6g6 |
| Packagist | phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin | 4.9.4 | GHSA-fgj8-93xx-f6g6 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5504 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5504 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5504 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5504 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5504 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-1/
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0056 vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200115 [SECURITY] [DLA 2060-1] phpmyadmin security update mailing-list
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2020-5504-phpmyadmin.html
- https://github.com/MarkLee131/awesome-web-pocs/blob/main/CVE-2020-5504.md