CVE-2007-5386
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in scripts/setup.php in phpMyAdmin 2.11.1, when accessed by a browser that does not URL-encode…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 3.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in scripts/setup.php in phpMyAdmin 2.11.1, when accessed by a browser that does not URL-encode requests, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- phpMyAdmin 2.11.1 - 'setup.php' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30653webapps, phppublished 9 Oct 2007Verified
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
- 17 years later
· 17 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)
- 3.3% · top 11% 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
17
- http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin/trunk/?view=log (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 27173 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-2738 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 27506 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- phpmyadmin-setup-xss(37077) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-1403 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20071015 about phpMyAdmin setup.php XSS vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 37678 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:199 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 27595 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333661 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.digitrustgroup.com/advisories/TDG-advisory071009a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 26020 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3469 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin/branches/MAINT_2_11_1/phpMyAdmin/ChangeLog?r1=10748&r2=10747&pathrev=10748 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1810629&group_id=23067&atid=377408 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2007-5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2007-5362 (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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