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medium 4.3

CVE-2005-0543 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via (1) the st…

published 2005-02-24 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0544

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
4
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via (1) the strServer, cfg[BgcolorOne], or strServerChoice parameters in select_server.lib.php, (2) the bg_color or row_no parameters in display_tbl_links.lib.php, the left_font_family parameter in theme_left.css.php, or the right_font_family parameter in theme_right.css.php.

Patch / fix

  • phpmyadmin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3:2.6.1-pl2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0543

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-25155)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-25155 phpMyAdmin 2.6 - 'theme_right.css.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities webapps, 2005-02-24
  • EDB-25154 phpMyAdmin 2.6 - 'theme_left.css.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities webapps, 2005-02-24
  • EDB-25153 phpMyAdmin 2.6 - 'display_tbl_links.lib.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities webapps, 2005-02-24
  • EDB-25152 phpMyAdmin 2.6 - 'select_server.lib.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities webapps, 2005-02-24
  • sourceforge.net http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1149383&group_id=23067&atid=377408 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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