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In phpMyAdmin 4 before 4.9.4 and 5 before 5.0.1, SQL injection exists in the user accounts page. A malicious user could inject custom SQL in place of their own username when creating queries to this page. An attacker must have a valid MySQL account to access the server.
- Products
- phpmyadmin
- Affected versions
- 4:4.4.13.1-1, 4:4.5.0.2-2, 4:4.5.1-1, 4:4.5.1-2, 4:4.5.1-3, 4:4.5.2-1, 4:4.5.2-2, 4:4.5.3.1-1, 4:4.5.4-1, 4:4.5.4.1-2, 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu1, 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2, 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1, 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm2, 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm3, 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm4, 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm5, 4:4.6.6-5, 4:5.0.4+dfsg2-2ubuntu5, 4:5.1.1+dfsg1-5ubuntu1, 4:5.2.1+dfsg-1ubuntu1, 4:5.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1, 4:5.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu2, 4:5.2.1+dfsg-3, 4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-1, 4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-2, 4:5.2.2-really5.2.2+20250121+dfsg-1, 4:5.2.3+dfsg-1, 4:5.2.4~dev~git20260809.e0909b211b+dfsg-1
- Fixed versions
- 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6, 4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2020-5504
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In phpMyAdmin 4 before 4.9.4 and 5 before 5.0.1, SQL injection exists in the user accounts page. A malicious user could inject custom SQL in place of their own username when creating queries to this page. An attacker must have a valid MySQL account to access the server.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5504
phpmyadmin
Fixed versions: 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6
phpmyadmin
Fixed versions: 4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5
phpmyadmin
Fixed versions: Not specified
phpmyadmin
Fixed versions: Not specified
phpmyadmin
Fixed versions: Not specified
phpmyadmin
Fixed versions: Not specified
phpmyadmin
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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