{"id":"CVE-2020-5504","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-5504","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T22:25:15.349Z","title":"In phpMyAdmin 4 before 4.9.4 and 5 before 5.0.1, SQL injection exists in the user accounts page.","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.","published":"2020-01-09T22:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:21:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-89"],"affected":["phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin","suse/suse linux enterprise server","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.39036,"percentile":0.98583,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2025-12-03","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":52451,"kind":"exploit","title":"phpMyAdmin 5.0.0 - SQL Injection","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52451","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/52451.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/52451.txt","published":"2025-12-03","added":"2025-12-03","updated":"2025-12-03","author":"CodeSecLab","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2020-5504"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00024.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2020-5504-phpmyadmin.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/MarkLee131/awesome-web-pocs/blob/main/CVE-2020-5504.md","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00011.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-1/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00024.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2020-5504-phpmyadmin.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00011.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-1/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5504","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}