TI-2018-05264 Aliases CVE-2018-7260 GHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before…

LOW 28CWE-79Published 2018-02-21 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01602 75th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): 4.7.8

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist)	before 4.7.8	4.7.8	Patch available	GHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 4.7.8 Fixed in 4.7.8 Patch available GHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin::::::::	before 4.7.8	Vulnerable	phpMyAdmin

cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.7.8 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist) Fixed in 4.7.8 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-7260
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw

References

Exploit 1

https://udiniya.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/a-tale-of-stealing-session-cookie-in-phpmyadmin/

Patch 2

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7260

Other 3

TI-2009-01092 Static code injection vulnerability in setup.php in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.5 and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-09056 An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 4.8.x before 4.8.2, in which an attacker can… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2020-14341 SQL Injection vulnerability in function getTableCreationQuery in CreateAddField.php in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2016-04978 phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 does not… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2020-16362 An issue was discovered in SearchController in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.6 and 5.x before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2012-04350 phpMyAdmin 3.5.2.2, as distributed by the cdnetworks-kr-1 mirror during an unspecified… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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