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Vulnerability details: VCID-kb35-ff5a-8uay
Vulnerability ID VCID-kb35-ff5a-8uay
Aliases CVE-2022-23808
GHSA-vcwc-6mr9-8m7c
Summary Cross-site Scripting in phpmyadmin An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 5.1 before 5.1.2. An attacker can inject malicious code into aspects of the setup script, which can allow XSS or HTML injection.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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
epss 0.46873 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.46873 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.66941 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.66941 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.66941 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.66941 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.66941 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.66941 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.66941 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.66941 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.66941 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.66941 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.66941 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.66941 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.68566 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.68566 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.68566 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.7054 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.7054 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.7054 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.7054 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
epss 0.7054 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vcwc-6mr9-8m7c
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/44eb12f15a562718bbe54c9a16af91ceea335d59
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/44eb12f15a562718bbe54c9a16af91ceea335d59
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/5118acce1dfcdb09cbc0f73927bf51c46feeaf38
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/5118acce1dfcdb09cbc0f73927bf51c46feeaf38
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://infosecwriteups.com/exploit-cve-2022-23808-85041c6e5b97
generic_textual MODERATE https://infosecwriteups.com/exploit-cve-2022-23808-85041c6e5b97
ssvc Track https://infosecwriteups.com/exploit-cve-2022-23808-85041c6e5b97
cvssv2 4.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23808
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23808
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23808
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-17
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-17
ssvc Track https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-17
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2022-2
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2022-2
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2022-2/
ssvc Track https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2022-2/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2022-23808
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-23808
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/44eb12f15a562718bbe54c9a16af91ceea335d59
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/5118acce1dfcdb09cbc0f73927bf51c46feeaf38
https://infosecwriteups.com/exploit-cve-2022-23808-85041c6e5b97
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23808
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-17
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2022-2
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2022-2/
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
GHSA-vcwc-6mr9-8m7c https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vcwc-6mr9-8m7c
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
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:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/44eb12f15a562718bbe54c9a16af91ceea335d59
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/5118acce1dfcdb09cbc0f73927bf51c46feeaf38
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:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://infosecwriteups.com/exploit-cve-2022-23808-85041c6e5b97
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: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-23T13:22:03Z/ Found at https://infosecwriteups.com/exploit-cve-2022-23808-85041c6e5b97
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23808
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:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23808
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:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-17
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: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-23T13:22:03Z/ Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-17
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2022-2
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:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2022-2/
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-23T13:22:03Z/ Found at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2022-2/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.97572
EPSS Score 0.46873
Published At July 31, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:00:58.450064+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/01/GHSA-vcwc-6mr9-8m7c/GHSA-vcwc-6mr9-8m7c.json 37.0.0