CVE-2014-4986

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-07-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in js/functions.js in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.1, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.6 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted (1) table name or (2) column name that is improperly handled during construction of an AJAX confirmation message.

Affected products

phpMyAdmin: 4.0.0, 4.0.0-rc2, 4.0.0-rc3, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3 (+32)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00045.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60397
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-6.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68803
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/29a1f56495a7d1d98da31a614f23c0819a606a4d
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-03
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00045.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60397
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-6.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68803
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/29a1f56495a7d1d98da31a614f23c0819a606a4d
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-03

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