CVE-2006-6942
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PhpMyAdmin before 2.9.1.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 3.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PhpMyAdmin before 2.9.1.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via (1) a comment for a table name, as exploited through (a) db_operations.php, (2) the db parameter to (b) db_create.php, (3) the newname parameter to db_operations.php, the (4) query_history_latest, (5) query_history_latest_db, and (6) querydisplay_tab parameters to (c) querywindow.php, and (7) the pos parameter to (d) sql.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.x - 'db_create.php?db' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29058webapps, phppublished 15 Sept 2006Verified
- phpMyAdmin 2.x - 'db_operations.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29059webapps, phppublished 15 Sept 2006Verified
- phpMyAdmin 2.x - 'querywindow.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29060webapps, phppublished 15 Sept 2006Verified
- phpMyAdmin 2.x - 'sql.php?pos' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29061webapps, phppublished 15 Sept 2006Verified
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
Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 11% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2006-7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4572 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26733 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061116 PhpMyAdmin all version [multiples vulnerability] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- phpmyadmin-multiple-parameter-xss(30310) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-1370 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 21137 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2006-6925 (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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