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CVE-2023-25727 — phpmyadmin

MEDIUMFix: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin@53f70fd

CVE-2023-25727 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. A fix is available for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in drag-and-drop upload of phpMyAdmin

Also known asBIT-phpmyadmin-2023-25727GHSA-6hr3-44gx-g6wh
Published
Updated
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 10, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

  • CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2023-25727.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
1.2%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs68th percentile — riskier than 68% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%4.07%8.14%12.2%9.5%1.2%May 26Sep 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 before 4.9.11 and 5.x before 5.2.1, an authenticated user can trigger Cross-site Scripting (XSS) by uploading a crafted .sql file through the drag-and-drop interface. By disabling the configuration directive $cfg['enable_drag_drop_import'], users will be unable to use the drag and drop upload which would protect against the vulnerability.

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐘Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin≥ 4.3.0&&< 4.9.114.9.11composer require phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin:^4.9.11
🐘Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin≥ 5.0&&< 5.2.15.2.1composer require phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin:^5.2.1

Affected Products

1 product · 2 configurations
Application
phpmyadminphpmyadmin
≥ 5.0.0 && < 5.2.1
range

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 4.9.11 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2023-25727 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Escape or sanitise the affected output on the server side rather than relying on client-side filtering, and add a Content-Security-Policy that blocks inline script execution so injected markup cannot run even if it reaches the page.

Frequently Asked Questions

In phpMyAdmin before 4.9.11 and 5.x before 5.2.1, an authenticated user can trigger Cross-site Scripting (XSS) by uploading a crafted .sql file through the drag-and-drop interface. By disabling the configuration directive `$cfg['enable_drag_drop_import']`, users will be unable to use the drag and drop upload which would protect against the vulnerability.
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CVE-2023-25727: phpmyadmin XSS — Fixed in 4.9.11