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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-15605

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.3. A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability has been found where an attacker can use a crafted file to manipulate an authenticated user who loads that file through the import feature.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:17 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-15605

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Aug 2018, 19:29 UTC

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.3. A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability has been found where an attacker can use a crafted file to manipulate an authenticated user who loads that file through the import feature.

osv:CVE-2018-15605
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15605",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-15605",
    "products": [],
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            "RELEASE_2_5_5PL1",
            "RELEASE_2_5_4",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:02.985074739Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/00d90b3ae415b31338f76263359467a9fbebd0a1",
        "https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-5/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "evidence": "/id"
      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381190,
  "published_at": "2018-08-24T19:29:02.067+00:00"
}