Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-119427phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 SQL Injection via Designer saveSetting
Medium 4.2
In plain English
A medium-severity SQL injection in phpMyAdmin from phpMyAdmin. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 25% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.2Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 75.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains an sql injection vulnerability in Designer saveSetting() that allows authenticated users to inject SQL via unescaped json_encode() output. Attackers can send crafted index or value parameters with operation=save_setting_value to /database/designer to overwrite other users' designer settings or run controluser subqueries.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-119427 |
| Debian:13 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-119427 |
| Debian:14 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-119427 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119427 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119427 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119427 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119427 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| phpMyAdmin | phpMyAdmin | 0 – through 5.2.3 |
Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/ec0c6d8394b70d67798f38b645e39c26ea96a2a3 patch
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8d1244a72b3be073418e0e08f6f5506815bc7e65 patch
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/18698 patch, issue-tracking
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Database/Designer/Common.php#L788-L808 technical-description
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-designer-json-sqli third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin product
- VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 SQL Injection via Designer saveSetting third-party-advisory