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Vulnerability details: VCID-czxz-y6wm-ekfj
Vulnerability ID VCID-czxz-y6wm-ekfj
Aliases CVE-2020-26935
GHSA-7ff4-cv53-4cjq
Summary An issue was discovered in SearchController in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.6 and 5.x before 5.0.3. A SQL injection vulnerability was discovered in how phpMyAdmin processes SQL statements in the search feature. An attacker could use this flaw to inject malicious SQL in to a query.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 9.8 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00027.html
generic_textual CRITICAL http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00027.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00005.html
generic_textual CRITICAL http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00005.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4281
generic_textual CRITICAL https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4281
epss 0.77463 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
epss 0.77463 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
epss 0.77463 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
epss 0.77463 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
epss 0.77463 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
epss 0.77463 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
epss 0.77463 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
epss 0.77463 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
epss 0.77463 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
epss 0.77463 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
epss 0.77463 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
epss 0.77463 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
epss 0.77463 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7ff4-cv53-4cjq
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/CVE-2020-26935.yaml
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/CVE-2020-26935.yaml
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://github.com/phpmyadmin/composer
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/phpmyadmin/composer
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00024.html
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00024.html
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FHST4E5IJG7IKZTTW3R6MEZPVHJZ472K
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FHST4E5IJG7IKZTTW3R6MEZPVHJZ472K
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXK37YEHSDYCIPQSYEMN2OFTP2ZLM7DO
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXK37YEHSDYCIPQSYEMN2OFTP2ZLM7DO
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNLGHVDNAEZEGRTUESSSQFM7MZTHIDQ5
generic_textual CRITICAL https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNLGHVDNAEZEGRTUESSSQFM7MZTHIDQ5
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26935
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26935
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26935
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-35
generic_textual CRITICAL https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-35
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-6
generic_textual CRITICAL https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-6
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00027.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00005.html
https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4281
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-26935
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-26935
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/CVE-2020-26935.yaml
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/composer
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00024.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FHST4E5IJG7IKZTTW3R6MEZPVHJZ472K/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXK37YEHSDYCIPQSYEMN2OFTP2ZLM7DO/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNLGHVDNAEZEGRTUESSSQFM7MZTHIDQ5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FHST4E5IJG7IKZTTW3R6MEZPVHJZ472K
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXK37YEHSDYCIPQSYEMN2OFTP2ZLM7DO
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNLGHVDNAEZEGRTUESSSQFM7MZTHIDQ5
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26935
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-35
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-6
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-6/
972000 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=972000
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-7ff4-cv53-4cjq https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7ff4-cv53-4cjq
USN-4639-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4639-1/
USN-USN-4843-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4843-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00027.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00005.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4281
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/CVE-2020-26935.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/phpmyadmin/composer
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00024.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FHST4E5IJG7IKZTTW3R6MEZPVHJZ472K
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PXK37YEHSDYCIPQSYEMN2OFTP2ZLM7DO
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TNLGHVDNAEZEGRTUESSSQFM7MZTHIDQ5
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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26935
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26935
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-35
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-6
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.98933
EPSS Score 0.77463
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:41:58.315840+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4843-1/ 37.0.0