CVE-2020-5504
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 9, 2020 at 09:56 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:21 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxphpMyAdminSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 39%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%4.0.0 ≤ v < 4.9.45.0.0 ≤ v < 5.0.1
Affected range stops below 4.9.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor AdvisoryMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00024.htmlExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2020-5504-phpmyadmin.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00011.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-89
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