Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2020-5504SQL Injection in Phpmyadmin

CWE-89SQL Injection10 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
22.4%
top 4.17%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Timeline
PublishedJan 9
Latest updateDec 3

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin4.0.04.9.4+1
Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin4.0.04.9.4+1
Debianphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin< 4:4.9.4+dfsg1-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
phpMyAdmin SQL injection in user accounts page2022-05-24
GHSA
phpMyAdmin SQL injection in user accounts page2022-05-24
CVEList
CVE-2020-5504: In phpMyAdmin 4 before 42020-01-09
OSV
CVE-2020-5504: In phpMyAdmin 4 before 42020-01-09

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
phpMyAdmin 5.0.0 - SQL Injection2025-12-03

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
phpMyAdmin vulnerabilities2021-03-16
Ubuntu
phpMyAdmin vulnerabilities2020-11-19
Debian
CVE-2020-5504: phpmyadmin - In phpMyAdmin 4 before 4.9.4 and 5 before 5.0.1, SQL injection exists in the use...2020

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-5504 phpmyadmin: SQL injection in the user accounts page2020-01-13
CVE-2020-5504 — SQL Injection in Phpmyadmin | cvebase