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medium 5.0

CVE-2015-7873 json

phpMyAdmin allows remote attackers to spoof content via the url parameter

published 2015-10-28 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-5pmg-qh2c-7j24 , EUVD-2015-7771

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The redirection feature in url.php in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.1 and 4.5.x before 4.5.1 allows remote attackers to spoof content via the url parameter.

Patch / fix

  • packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.4.15.1, 4.5.1
  • phpmyadmin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:4.5.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7873

  • phpMyAdmin openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.6.5.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10054-1

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-2015-7873 updated

phpMyAdmin: Content spoofing on url.php (PMASA-2015-5)

  • 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

2.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
>=4.4.0, <4.4.15.1
>=4.5.0, <4.5.1
4.4.15.1
4.5.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-254 7PK - Security Features
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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