CVE-2026-119427: low-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 SQL Injection via Designer saveSetting
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8Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 2.3epss 0.2%
phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains an sql injection vulnerability in Designer saveSetting() that allows authenticated users to inject SQL via unescaped json_encode() output. Attackers can send crafted index or value parameters with operation=save_setting_value to /database/designer to overwrite other users' designer settings or run controluser subqueries.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
phpMyAdmin · phpMyAdminRelated CVEs — phpMyAdmin
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2022-0813MEDIUMPhpMyAdmin exposure of sensitive informationEPSS 1.3%CVE-2025-24530MEDIUMCVE-2025-24530EPSS 0.4%CVE-2025-24529MEDIUMCVE-2025-24529EPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-119429MEDIUMphpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 Two-Factor Authentication Removal via /config/setEPSS 0.4%CVE-2026-119428MEDIUMphpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 SSRF via setup/validate.php After Setup DisabledEPSS 0.3%CVE-2026-119426HIGHphpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 CSRF Token Bypass via Non-AJAX POST to /sqlEPSS 0.3%
References
https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-designer-json-sqlihttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadminhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Database/Designer/Common.php#L788-L808https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8d1244a72b3be073418e0e08f6f5506815bc7e65https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/ec0c6d8394b70d67798f38b645e39c26ea96a2a3https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/18698https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyadmin-through-5.2.3-sql-injection-via-designer-savesetting