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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2021-46709 json

phpLiteAdmin through 1.9.8.2 allows XSS via the index.php newRows parameter (aka num or number).

published 2022-03-13 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-33366

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 51%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

phpLiteAdmin through 1.9.8.2 allows XSS via the index.php newRows parameter (aka num or number).

Patch / fix

  • phpliteadmin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.8.2-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46709

  • phpliteadmin Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.9.7.1-1ubuntu0.3
  • phpliteadmin Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.9.8.2-1ubuntu0.20.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46709

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Exploit prediction

0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bitbucket.org https://bitbucket.org/phpliteadmin/public/issues/399/xss-vulnerability referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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

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.