CVE-2018-15605

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Published Aug 24, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.3. A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability has been found where an attacker can use a crafted file to manipulate an authenticated user who loads that file through the import feature.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-3544	An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.3. A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability has been found where an attacker can use a crafted file to manipulate an authenticated user who loads that file through the import feature.
Github GHSA	GHSA-c958-4j9x-q7w4	phpMyAdmin Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in the import dialog

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.7% (1.697% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105168
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041548
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/00d90b3ae415b31338f76263359467a9fbebd0a1
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-5/

History

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Subscriptions

Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 10:01 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Aug 24, 2018, 7:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 10:01 AM
Reserved: Aug 21, 2018, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:42 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Aug 24, 2018, 7:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:42 AM

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