CVE-2005-0543
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via (1) the…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 4.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via (1) the strServer, cfg[BgcolorOne], or strServerChoice parameters in select_server.lib.php, (2) the bg_color or row_no parameters in display_tbl_links.lib.php, the left_font_family parameter in theme_left.css.php, or the right_font_family parameter in theme_right.css.php.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB4 entries
- phpMyAdmin 2.6 - 'select_server.lib.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25152webapps, phppublished 24 Feb 2005Verified
- phpMyAdmin 2.6 - 'display_tbl_links.lib.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25153webapps, phppublished 24 Feb 2005Verified
- phpMyAdmin 2.6 - 'theme_left.css.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25154webapps, phppublished 24 Feb 2005Verified
- phpMyAdmin 2.6 - 'theme_right.css.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25155webapps, phppublished 24 Feb 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 14382 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- phpmyadmin-multiple-php-xss(19462) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1149383&group_id=23067&atid=377408 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 12644 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200503-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20050224 [SECURITYREASON.COM] phpMyAdmin 2.6.1 Remote file inclusion and XSS cXIb8O3.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0544 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-0543)Record last updated .