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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (CVE-2020-10802)

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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (CVE-2020-10802)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/22/2020
Created
03/26/2020
Added
03/25/2020
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability has been discovered where certain parameters are not properly escaped when generating certain queries for search actions in libraries/classes/Controllers/Table/TableSearchController.php. An attacker can generate a crafted database or table name. The attack can be performed if a user attempts certain search operations on the malicious database or table.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-4_9_5
  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-5_0_2

References

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