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SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-f4cr-3xmc-2wpm)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434062

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability has been discovered
 where certain parameters are not properly escaped when generating certain queries for search actions in
 libraries/classes/Controllers/Table/TableSearchController.php. An attacker can generate a crafted database
 or table name. The attack can be performed if a user attempts certain search operations on the malicious
 database or table. (CVE-2020-10802)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f4cr-3xmc-2wpm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434062

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-10802

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-10802

cwe: CWE-89