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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2020-22278 json

phpMyAdmin through 5.0.2 allows CSV injection via Export Section.

published 2020-11-04 6 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-phpmyadmin-2020-22278 , EUVD-2020-15043

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 74%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

phpMyAdmin through 5.0.2 allows CSV injection via Export Section. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because "the CSV file is accurately generated based on the database contents.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami phpmyadmin 5.0.3

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-22278 updated cvss 8.8

phpMyAdmin: CSV injection via Export Section

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • mega.nz https://mega.nz/file/ySQnlQSR#vXzY46mgf0CE2ysYpWpbE4O6T_g37--rtaL8pqdHcQs referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami phpmyadmin
<5.0.3
5.0.3

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1236 Improper Neutralization of Formula Elements in a CSV File

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.