CVE-2010-4480
error.php in PhpMyAdmin 3.3.8.1, and other versions before 3.4.0-beta1, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS)…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 5.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
error.php in PhpMyAdmin 3.3.8.1, and other versions before 3.4.0-beta1, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted BBcode tag containing "@" characters, as demonstrated using "[a@url@page]".
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. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- phpMyAdmin - Client-Side Code Injection / Redirect Link Falsification (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 15699webapps, phppublished 6 Dec 2010Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 15699 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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)
- 5.8% · top 6.7% of all CVEs (11 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
References10
- ADV-2011-0027 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0001 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 45633 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 42485 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2139 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 15699 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2010-9.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3133 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 42725 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:000 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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-2010-4448 (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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