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Vulnerability details: VCID-u8sc-gk1h-gkhc
Vulnerability ID VCID-u8sc-gk1h-gkhc
Aliases CVE-2012-4579
GHSA-q7v2-w38r-pv7v
Summary Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.2.2 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Table Operations (1) TRUNCATE or (2) DROP link for a crafted table name, (3) the Add Trigger popup within a Triggers page that references crafted table names, (4) an invalid trigger-creation attempt for a crafted table name, (5) crafted data in a table, or (6) a crafted tooltip label name during GIS data visualization, a different issue than CVE-2012-4345.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 2.7
Risk 1.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00185 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4579
epss 0.00185 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4579
epss 0.00185 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4579
epss 0.00185 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4579
generic_textual LOW https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4579
generic_textual LOW http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2012-4.php
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2012-4579
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4579
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2012-4.php
CVE-2012-4579 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4579
GHSA-q7v2-w38r-pv7v https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q7v2-w38r-pv7v
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.40004
EPSS Score 0.00185
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:43:44.023602+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/CVE-2012-4579.yml 38.6.0