CVE-2026-119427
Medium 4.2
Description
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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4.2 (MEDIUM)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 4.0
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2.3 (LOW)
Score source: CNA
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% (percentile: 13) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-89
References
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-designer-json-sqli
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/D…
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8d1244a72b3be073418e0e08f6f5506…
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/ec0c6d8394b70d67798f38b645e39c2…
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/18698
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyadmin-through-5.2.3-sql-injection-via…