CVE-2022-23808

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Published Jan 22, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 7.9% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 5.1 before 5.1.2. An attacker can inject malicious code into aspects of the setup script, which can allow XSS or HTML injection.

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

n/a

n/a

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
Github GHSA	GHSA-vcwc-6mr9-8m7c	Cross-site Scripting in phpmyadmin

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

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: 7.9% (7.936% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://infosecwriteups.com/exploit-cve-2022-23808-85041c6e5b97
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-17
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2022-2/

History

May 5, 2025 5:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: May 5, 2025, 4:25 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 22, 2022, 12:00 AM
Updated: May 5, 2025, 4:25 PM
Reserved: Jan 21, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 3:51 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 3:51 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:30 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 22, 2022, 2:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:30 AM

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