CVE-2026-119562: phpmyadmin phpmyadmin

CVSS 8.8 (high) · published 2026-10-30

phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains an sql injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users to inject SQL by supplying unescaped col_extra and col_attribute values to /database/central-columns. Attackers can inject SQL into pma__central_columns INSERT and UPDATE queries run with controluser privileges, reading or modifying other users' configuration-storage data.

Affected products (NVD): phpmyadmin phpmyadmin

Weakness: CWE-89

Source: NVD CVE-2026-119562

References

• https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-pmadb-central-sqli
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Database/CentralColumns.php#L268
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Database/CentralColumns.php#L637-L638
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyadmin-through-5.2.3-sql-injection-via-central-columns-col-extra-and-col-attribute

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