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Fencer Intel
medium 5.4

CVE-2018-7260 json

phpMyAdmin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in central columns feature

published 2018-02-21 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw , EUVD-2022-3994

cvss
5.4
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Patch / fix

  • packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.7.8
  • phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.7.8
  • phpmyadmin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:4.9.1+dfsg1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-7260

  • phpmyadmin Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-7260

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • phpMyAdmin openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.1.1-1.2
  • phpMyAdmin Package Hub 12 4.7.8-17.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11171-1openSUSE-SU-2018:0534-1openSUSE-SU-2018:0536-1

  • phpmyadmin Arch Linux 4.7.8-1

arch linux advisories AVG-630

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-2018-7260 updated cvss 7.7

phpMyAdmin: XSS in db_central_columns.php

  • 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

1.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • udiniya.wordpress.com https://udiniya.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/a-tale-of-stealing-session-cookie-in-phpmyadmin/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
<4.7.8
4.7.8

Classification

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

References

Sources

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