CVE-2020-5504 EXPLOIT
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 38.8% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
In phpMyAdmin 4 before 4.9.4 and 5 before 5.0.1, SQL injection exists in the user accounts page. A malicious user could inject custom SQL in place of their own username when creating queries to this page. An attacker must have a valid MySQL account to access the server.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 38.78% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-89 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2020-01-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin |
| suse | suse linux enterprise server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | phpMyAdmin 5.0.0 - SQL Injection | 2025-12-03 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00024.html
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2020-5504-phpmyadmin.html
- https://github.com/MarkLee131/awesome-web-pocs/blob/main/CVE-2020-5504.md
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00011.html
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-1/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00024.html
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2020-5504-phpmyadmin.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00011.html
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-1/
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