ubuntu-cve-2020-5504
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-01-09 22:15
Modified
2026-05-20 14:51
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_version": "4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6"
          }
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      },
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/phpmyadmin@4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
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        }
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        "4:4.5.1-2",
        "4:4.5.1-3",
        "4:4.5.2-1",
        "4:4.5.2-2",
        "4:4.5.3.1-1",
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        "4:5.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu2",
        "4:5.2.1+dfsg-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "phpmyadmin",
            "binary_version": "4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-2"
          }
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      },
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/phpmyadmin@4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-2?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
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        "4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-1",
        "4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-2"
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    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "phpmyadmin",
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        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "phpmyadmin",
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-5504",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:51:57Z",
  "published": "2020-01-09T22:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-5504"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/c86acbf3ed49f69cf38b31879886dd5eb86b6983"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/ibennetch/4c1b701f4b766e4dd5556e8e26200b6b"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-1/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4639-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4843-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5504"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4639-1",
    "USN-4843-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-5504"
  ]
}



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