CVE-2005-2869
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin before 2.6.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 5.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin before 2.6.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the Username to libraries/auth/cookie.auth.lib.php or (2) the error parameter to error.php.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- phpMyAdmin 2.x - 'error.php' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26199webapps, phppublished 28 Aug 2005Verified
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Timeline
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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)
- 5.1% · top 7.6% of all CVEs (9 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
9
- SUSE-SR:2005:028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:066 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1265740&group_id=23067&atid=377408 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17607 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17559 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1240880&group_id=23067&atid=377408 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-880 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 17337 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16605 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2005-2870 (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-2005-2869)Record last updated .