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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23808

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 5.1 before 5.1.2. An attacker can inject malicious code into aspects of the setup script, which can allow XSS or HTML injection.

Products
phpmyadmin
Affected versions
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
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2022-23808
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 00:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23808

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Jan 2022, 02:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 5.1 before 5.1.2. An attacker can inject malicious code into aspects of the setup script, which can allow XSS or HTML injection.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23808

phpmyadmin

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phpmyadmin

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phpmyadmin

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phpmyadmin

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phpmyadmin

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Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23808",
  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-17T12:56:02.192598897Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23808",
        "https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2022-2/",
        "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/5118acce1dfcdb09cbc0f73927bf51c46feeaf38",
        "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/44eb12f15a562718bbe54c9a16af91ceea335d59",
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