Medium
Security advisory
In phpMyAdmin before 4.9.11 and 5.x before 5.2.1, an authenticated user can trigger XSS by uploading a crafted .sql file through the drag-and-drop interface.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2023-25727
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 20:35 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In phpMyAdmin before 4.9.11 and 5.x before 5.2.1, an authenticated user can trigger XSS by uploading a crafted .sql file through the drag-and-drop interface.
osv:CVE-2023-25727
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:39.050858173Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00016.html",
"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2023-1/",
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