TI-2020-16362 Aliases CVE-2020-26935 GHSA-7ff4-cv53-4cjq

An issue was discovered in SearchController in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.6 and 5.x before…

HIGH 78CWE-89Published 2020-10-10 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

An issue was discovered in SearchController in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.6 and 5.x before 5.0.3. A SQL injection vulnerability was discovered in how phpMyAdmin processes SQL statements in the search feature. An attacker could use this flaw to inject malicious SQL in to a query.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.63702 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): 4.9.6, 5.0.3

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)	4.9.0 to before 4.9.6	4.9.6	Patch available	GHSA-7ff4-cv53-4cjq
—	phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist)	5.0.0 to before 5.0.3	5.0.3	Patch available	GHSA-7ff4-cv53-4cjq

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.9.0 to before 4.9.6 Fixed in 4.9.6 Patch available GHSA-7ff4-cv53-4cjq
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 5.0.0 to before 5.0.3 Fixed in 5.0.3 Patch available GHSA-7ff4-cv53-4cjq

CPE configurations NVD · 10

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin::::::::	4.9.0 to before 4.9.6; 5.0.0 to before 5.0.3	Vulnerable	phpMyAdmin
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:-::::::	15.0	Vulnerable	openSUSE
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1::::::	15.0 sp1	Vulnerable	openSUSE
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp2::::::	15.0 sp2	Vulnerable	openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:::::::*	15.1	Vulnerable	openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:::::::*	15.2	Vulnerable	openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:::::::*	31	Vulnerable	Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::*	32	Vulnerable	Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:::::::*	33	Vulnerable	Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*	9.0	Vulnerable	Debian

cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.9.0 to before 4.9.6; 5.0.0 to before 5.0.3 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.0 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.0 sp1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.0 sp2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 31 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 32 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 33 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-7ff4-cv53-4cjq phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist) Fixed in 4.9.6 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-7ff4-cv53-4cjq phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist) Fixed in 5.0.3 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product

Red Hat

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-26935
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7ff4-cv53-4cjq

References

Exploit 1

https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2020-4281

Patch 1

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-6/

Advisory 8

Other 6

Sources

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