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CVE-2006-5718
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in error.php in phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 through 2.9.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.7%
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- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in error.php in phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 through 2.9.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 or US-ASCII encoded characters, which are injected into an error message, as demonstrated by a request with a utf7 charset parameter accompanied by UTF-7 data.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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References (9)
- 20856 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2006-6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4298 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- phpmyadmin-utf7-xss(29957) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20061102 Advisory 12/2006: phpMyAdmin - error.php XSS Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 22599 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23086 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_122006.137.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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