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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-10804

In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability was found in retrieval of the current username (in libraries/classes/Server/Privileges.php and libraries/classes/UserPassword.php). A malicious user with access to the server could create a crafted username, and then trick the victim into performing specific actions with that user account (such as editing its privileges).

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1 Nov 2026, 08:14 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-10804

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Mar 2020, 04:15 UTC

In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability was found in retrieval of the current username (in libraries/classes/Server/Privileges.php and libraries/classes/UserPassword.php). A malicious user with access to the server could create a crafted username, and then trick the victim into performing specific actions with that user account (such as editing its privileges).

osv:CVE-2020-10804
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10804",
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    "summary": "In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability was found in retrieval of the current username (in libraries/classes/Server/Privileges.php and libraries/classes/UserPassword.php). A malicious user with access to the server could create a crafted username, and then trick the victim into performing specific actions with that user account (such as editing its privileges).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-10804",
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        "GHSA-h65r-8fp8-w7cx"
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:04.749719579Z",
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      "references": [
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        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BUG3IRITW2LUBGR5LSQMP7MVRTELHZJK/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UZI6EQVRRIG252DY3MBT33BJVCSYDMQO/",
        "https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-2/"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440596,
  "published_at": "2020-03-22T04:15:11.297+00:00"
}