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SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-xpxp-v33m-5jp9)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434600

Description

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

 - phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.3 uses JavaScript code that is obtained through an HTTP session to
 phpmyadmin.net without SSL, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)
 attacks by modifying this code. (CVE-2012-5368)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xpxp-v33m-5jp9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434600

Version: Revision 1.3

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: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5368

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5368

BID: 55939

cwe: CWE-79