Medium
Security advisory
In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability was discovered where malicious code could be used to trigger an XSS attack through retrieving and displaying results (in tbl_get_field.php and libraries/classes/Display/Results.php). The attacker must be able to insert crafted data into certain database tables, which when retrieved (for instance, through the Browse tab) can trigger the XSS attack.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2020-10803
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability was discovered where malicious code could be used to trigger an XSS attack through retrieving and displaying results (in tbl_get_field.php and libraries/classes/Display/Results.php). The attacker must be able to insert crafted data into certain database tables, which when retrieved (for instance, through the Browse tab) can trigger the XSS attack.
osv:CVE-2020-10803
Complete source record
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"published_at": "2020-03-22T05:15:11.667+00:00"
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