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low 3.5

CVE-2012-4579 json

phpMyAdmin Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities

published 2012-08-21 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-q7v2-w38r-pv7v , EUVD-2022-4913

cvss
3.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 3.5.2.2
  • phpmyadmin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:3.4.11.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4579

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-4579 updated cvss 4.3

phpMyAdmin: Multiple XSS in Table operations, Database structure, Trigger and Visualize GIS data pages (PMASA-2012-4)

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
>=3.5, <3.5.2.2
3.5.2.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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