CVE-2020-10803

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2020-03-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability was discovered where malicious code could be used to trigger an XSS attack through retrieving and displaying results (in tbl_get_field.php and libraries/classes/Display/Results.php). The attacker must be able to insert crafted data into certain database tables, which when retrieved (for instance, through the Browse tab) can trigger the XSS attack.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
Fedoraproject Fedora: 30, 31, 32
openSUSE Backports Sle: 15.0, 15.0-sp1
openSUSE Leap: 15.1
phpMyAdmin: from 4.0.0 before 4.9.5; from 5.0.0 before 5.0.2 — fixed in 4.9.5, 5.0.2
SUSE Package Hub: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: phpMyAdmin 4.9.5, 5.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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