CVE-2026-119427 (GCVE-0-2026-119427)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-30 11:30 – Updated: 2026-10-30 11:30
VLAI
Title
phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 SQL Injection via Designer saveSetting
Summary
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.
Severity
2.3 (Low)
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
4.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 7155 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.2.3 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-10-28 00:00
Credits
Abraxas Labs Kamil Tekiela
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