CVE-2008-4775
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pmd_pdf.php in phpMyAdmin 3.0.0, and possibly other versions including 2.11.9.2 and 3.0.1,…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 6.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pmd_pdf.php in phpMyAdmin 3.0.0, and possibly other versions including 2.11.9.2 and 3.0.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the db parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-6942 and CVE-2007-5977.
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.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- phpMyAdmin 3.0.1 - 'pmd_pdf.php' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32531webapps, phppublished 27 Oct 2008Verified
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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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.1% · top 6.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- FEDORA-2008-9316 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-200903-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 32449 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- phpmyadmin-pmdpdf-xss(46136) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20081027 XSS in phpMyadmin (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2943 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 4516 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 31928 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 32482 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-9336 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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-2008-4755 (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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