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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2020-22452 json

phpmyadmin contains SQL Injection vulnerability

published 2023-01-26 3 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-phpmyadmin-2020-22452 , EUVD-2023-0523 , GHSA-prcg-mc23-hgjh

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

SQL Injection vulnerability in function getTableCreationQuery in CreateAddField.php in phpMyAdmin 5.x before 5.2.0 via the tbl_storage_engine or tbl_collation parameters to tbl_create.php.

Patch / fix

  • packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 5.0.2
  • bitnami phpmyadmin 5.2.0
  • phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 5.2.0
  • phpmyadmin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:5.0.4+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-22452

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
19 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/15898 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
>=5.0.0, <5.0.2
5.0.2
bitnami phpmyadmin
>=5.0.0, <5.2.0
5.2.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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