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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

28.0% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-89 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-89 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadminGHSA-fgj8-93xx-f6g6 (opens in a new tab)

References (5)

• https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-1/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2020:0056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• [debian-lts-announce] 20200115 [SECURITY] [DLA 2060-1] phpmyadmin security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2020-5504-phpmyadmin.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/MarkLee131/awesome-web-pocs/blob/main/CVE-2020-5504.md (opens in a new tab)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-fgj8-93xx-f6g6 (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 16 Apr 2025, 14:13 UTC.