USN-4639-1

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    USN-4639-1

    Published: 19 Nov 2020Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: phpmyadmin vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that there was a bug in the way phpMyAdmin handles the phpMyAdmin Configuration Storage tables. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to cause phpmyAdmin to leak sensitive files. (CVE-2018-19968) It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled user input. An attacker could possibly use this for an XSS attack. (CVE-2018-19970) It was discovered that phpMyAdmin mishandled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack via a crafted URL. (CVE-2018-7260) It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted database name. (CVE-2019-11768) It was discovered that phpmyadmin incorrectly handled some requests. An attacker could possibly use this to perform a CSRF attack. (CVE-2019-12616) It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted username. (CVE-2019-6798, CVE-2020-10804, CVE-2020-5504) It was discovered that phpMyAdmin would allow sensitive files to be leaked if certain configuration options were set. An attacker could use this vulnerability to access confidential information. (CVE-2019-6799) It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted database or table name. (CVE-2020-10802) It was discovered that phpMyAdmin did not properly handle data from the database when displaying it. If an attacker were to insert specially- crafted data into certain database tables, the attacker could execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2020-10803) It was discovered that phpMyAdmin was vulnerable to an XSS attack. If a victim were to click on a crafted link, an attacker could run malicious JavaScript on the victim's system. (CVE-2020-26934) It was discovered that phpMyAdmin did not properly handler certain SQL statements in the search feature. An attacker could use this vulnerability to inject malicious SQL into a query. (CVE-2020-26935) It was discovered that phpMyAdmin did not properly sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to possibly execute an HTML injection or a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2019-19617)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: phpmyadmin

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/phpmyadmin@4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5

    Affected versions

    4:4.6.6-5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High