CVE-2026-119562

low

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.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyadmin-through-5.2.3-sql-injection-via-central-columns-col-extra-and-col-attribute

https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Database/CentralColumns.php#L637-L638

https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Database/CentralColumns.php#L268

https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-113827

https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-pmadb-central-sqli

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-30

Updated: 2026-10-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 2.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Low

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00175