Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-119562phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 SQL Injection via Central Columns col_extra and col_attribute

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 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.2Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 83.7% 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 that allows authenticated users to inject SQL by supplying unescaped col_extra and col_attribute values to /database/central-columns. Attackers can inject SQL into pma__central_columns INSERT and UPDATE queries run with controluser privileges, reading or modifying other users' configuration-storage data.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian:12	phpmyadmin	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-119562
Debian:13	phpmyadmin	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-119562
Debian:14	phpmyadmin	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-119562
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	phpmyadmin	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119562
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	phpmyadmin	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119562
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	phpmyadmin	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119562
Ubuntu:26.10	phpmyadmin	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119562

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/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Database/CentralColumns.php#L268 technical-description
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Database/CentralColumns.php#L637-L638 technical-description
https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-pmadb-central-sqli third-party-advisory
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin product
VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 SQL Injection via Central Columns col_extra and col_attribute third-party-advisory