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CVE-2020-10804 — phpmyadmin

HIGH

CVE-2020-10804 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

Also known asBIT-phpmyadmin-2020-10804GHSA-h65r-8fp8-w7cx
Published
Updated
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 1, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
2.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs84th percentile — riskier than 84% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
1.41%2.01%2.60%3.19%2.4%2.4%May 26Aug 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected
🐘phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin🐘phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin

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Description

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).

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐘Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin≥ 4.9.0&&< 4.9.54.9.5composer require phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin:^4.9.5
🐘Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin≥ 5.0.0&&< 5.0.25.0.2composer require phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin:^5.0.2

Affected Products

5 products · 9 configurations
OS
fedorafedoraproject
3 versions
303132
Application
backports sleopensuse
1 version
15.0
OS
leapopensuse
1 version
15.1
Application
phpmyadminphpmyadmin
≥ 5.0.0 && < 5.0.2
range
Application
package hubsuse
all

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    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.

  2. 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-2020-10804 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. 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.

Fixing This On Your OS

If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.

UbuntuHIGH
USN-4639-1Ubuntu

Frequently Asked Questions

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).
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

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CVE-2020-10804: phpmyadmin — Fixed in 4.9.5