CVE-2026-119427 (GCVE-0-2026-119427)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-30 11:30 – Updated: 2026-11-04 15:07
VLAI
Title
phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 SQL Injection via Designer saveSetting
Summary
phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains an sql injection vulnerability in Designer saveSetting() that allows authenticated users to inject SQL via unescaped json_encode() output. Attackers can send crafted index or value parameters with operation=save_setting_value to /database/designer to overwrite other users' designer settings or run controluser subqueries.
Severity
2.3 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
4.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-11-04 15:06 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.2.3 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-10-28 00:00
Credits
Abraxas Labs Kamil Tekiela
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