CVE-2020-5504

Published: 9 January 2020

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted username.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
phpmyadmin Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	bionic	Released (4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5)
	disco	Ignored (end of life)
	eoan	Does not exist
	focal	Not vulnerable (4:4.9.5+dfsg1-2)
	groovy	Ignored (end of life)
	hirsute	Not vulnerable (4:4.9.7+dfsg1-1)
	impish	Not vulnerable (4:5.0.4+dfsg2-2)
	jammy	Needed
	kinetic	Ignored (end of life, was needed)
	lunar	Ignored (end of life, was needed)
	mantic	Ignored (end of life, was needed)
	noble	Needed
	trusty	Not vulnerable (code not present)
	upstream	Released (4:4.2.12-2+deb8u8)
	xenial	Released (4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6) Available with Ubuntu Pro

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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