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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (CVE-2020-5504)

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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (CVE-2020-5504)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/09/2020
Created
01/28/2020
Added
01/27/2020
Modified
11/02/2020

Description

In phpMyAdmin 4 before 4.9.4 and 5 before 5.0.1, SQL injection exists in the user accounts page. A malicious user could inject custom SQL in place of their own username when creating queries to this page. An attacker must have a valid MySQL account to access the server.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-4_9_4
  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-5_0_1

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