CVE-2020-5504
phpMyAdmin SQL injection in user accounts page
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 22.2%
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.
How to fix CVE-2020-5504
To remediate CVE-2020-5504, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.9.4 or later
- —upgrade to 4:4.9.4+dfsg1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u8 or later
- —upgrade to 4.9.4 or later
Is CVE-2020-5504 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 22.2%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (4)
- >= 4.0.0, < 4.9.4, >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.1
- from 0, < 4:4.9.4+dfsg1-1
- from 0, < 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u8
- >= 4.0.0, < 4.9.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |