phpPgAdmin up to 7.13.0 sequences.php cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in phpPgAdmin up to 7.13.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file sequences.php. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-60796. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in phpPgAdmin up to 7.13.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file sequences.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

phpPgAdmin 7.13.0 and earlier contains multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities across various components. User-supplied input from $_REQUEST parameters is reflected in HTML output without proper encoding or sanitization in multiple locations including sequences.php, indexes.php, admin.php, and other unspecified files. An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary JavaScript in victims' browsers, potentially leading to session hijacking, credential theft, or other malicious actions.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-60796 since 09/26/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:sequences.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 276477 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-60796), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (276477). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• phpPgAdmin

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3
• 7.4
• 7.5
• 7.6
• 7.7
• 7.8
• 7.9
• 7.10
• 7.11
• 7.12
• 7.13.0

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• Product: https://github.com/phppgadmin/phppgadmin/

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