A vulnerability was found in phpMyAdmin up to 4.9.3/5.0.0 (Database Administration Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In phpMyAdmin 4 before 4.9.4 and 5 before 5.0.1, SQL injection exists in the user accounts page. A malicious user could inject custom SQL in place of their own username when creating queries to this page. An attacker must have a valid MySQL account to access the server.

The weakness was presented 01/09/2020 (Website). The advisory is shared at phpmyadmin.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-5504 since 01/05/2020. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The successful exploitation requires a authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1505 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 4.9.4 or 5.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Database Administration Software

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• phpMyAdmin

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• 4.9.0
• 4.9.1
• 4.9.2
• 4.9.3
• 5.0

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• open-source

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