Vulnerability · Published Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2026-119563phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 Stored XSS via Designer Query History Table Name
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting 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 10% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows database users with CREATE privilege to inject script via unescaped table names in DesignerHistory.display(). Attackers can create a table whose name contains HTML markup that executes in another user's session when they add a condition on it in Designer query mode.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-119563 |
| Debian:13 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-119563 |
| Debian:14 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-119563 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119563 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119563 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119563 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119563 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| phpMyAdmin | phpMyAdmin | 0 – through 5.2.3 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/js/src/designer/history.js#L85-L86 technical-description
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-vqb-xss third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin product
- VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 Stored XSS via Designer Query History Table Name third-party-advisory