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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (CVE-2020-26935)

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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (CVE-2020-26935)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/10/2020
Created
10/28/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in SearchController in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.6 and 5.x before 5.0.3. A SQL injection vulnerability was discovered in how phpMyAdmin processes SQL statements in the search feature. An attacker could use this flaw to inject malicious SQL in to a query.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-4_9_6
  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-5_0_3

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