CVE-2020-10802 — phpmyadmin
HIGHCVE-2020-10802 is a high-severity (CVSS 8) SQL Injection vulnerability in phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. A fix is available for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin — see the affected versions and patch details below.
phpMyAdmin SQL injection vulnerability
EPSS Exploitation Probability
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability has been discovered where certain parameters are not properly escaped when generating certain queries for search actions in libraries/classes/Controllers/Table/TableSearchController.php. An attacker can generate a crafted database or table name. The attack can be performed if a user attempts certain search operations on the malicious database or table.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin | ≥ 4.9.0&&< 4.9.5 | 4.9.5composer require phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin:^4.9.5 |
| 🐘Packagist | phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin | ≥ 5.0.0&&< 5.0.2 | 5.0.2composer require phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin:^5.0.2 |
Affected Products
debian linuxdebianfedorafedoraprojectbackports sleopensuseleapopensusephpmyadminphpmyadminpackage hubsuseDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to 4.9.5 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-10802 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Until you can upgrade, make sure every query built from user input uses parameterised statements or a prepared-statement API rather than string concatenation, and reduce the database account's privileges so an injected query cannot read or alter data beyond what the feature needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
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