CVE-2020-5504
In phpMyAdmin 4 before 4.9.4 and 5 before 5.0.1, SQL injection exists in the user accounts page.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 39.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 39.04% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 3 December 2025
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin · suse/suse linux enterprise server · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 39.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2020-5504-phpmyadmin.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/MarkLee131/awesome-web-pocs/blob/main/CVE-2020-5504.md
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-1/Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00024.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2020-5504-phpmyadmin.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-1/Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.