CVE-2020-22452

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Published Jan 26, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

SQL Injection vulnerability in function getTableCreationQuery in CreateAddField.php in phpMyAdmin 5.x before 5.2.0 via the tbl_storage_engine or tbl_collation parameters to tbl_create.php.

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-0523	SQL Injection vulnerability in function getTableCreationQuery in CreateAddField.php in phpMyAdmin 5.x before 5.2.0 via the tbl_storage_engine or tbl_collation parameters to tbl_create.php.
Github GHSA	GHSA-prcg-mc23-hgjh	phpmyadmin contains SQL Injection vulnerability

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.8% (1.760% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/master/ChangeLog
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/15898
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/16004

History

Apr 1, 2025 2:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin

Weaknesses

CWE-89

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:10 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 26, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:10 AM
Reserved: Aug 13, 2020, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:10 AM

Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:10 AM

NVD Updated: Jul 9, 2026, 12:16 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 26, 2023, 9:15 PM
Modified: Jul 9, 2026, 12:16 AM

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