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SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-4q58-5x28-53wv)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434974

Description

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

 - Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 3.3.x before 3.3.10.1 and 3.4.x before
 3.4.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted table name that triggers
 improper HTML rendering on a Tracking page, related to (1) libraries/tbl_links.inc.php and (2)
 tbl_tracking.php. (CVE-2011-1940)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4q58-5x28-53wv

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434974

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

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: Low

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-2011-1940

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1940

BID: 73816

cwe: CWE-79