UBUNTU-CVE-2026-119427
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Summary:
Details: phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains an sql injection vulnerability in Designer saveSetting() that allows authenticated users to inject SQL via unescaped json_encode() output. Attackers can send crafted index or value parameters with operation=save_setting_value to /database/designer to overwrite other users' designer settings or run controluser subqueries.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-119427, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119427, https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-designer-json-sqli, https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin, https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Database/Designer/Common.php#L788-L808, https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8d1244a72b3be073418e0e08f6f5506815bc7e65, https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/ec0c6d8394b70d67798f38b645e39c26ea96a2a3, https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/18698, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyadmin-through-5.2.3-sql-injection-via-designer-savesetting
Affected packages
Package
Name: phpmyadmin
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/phpmyadmin?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
