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CVE-2018-7260
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject…
- 5.4MediumCVSS base score
- 1.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 24% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 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 | 3.0 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadminGHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw (opens in a new tab)
References
4
- https://udiniya.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/a-tale-of-stealing-session-cookie-in-phpmyadmin/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 103099 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-1/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d2886a3 (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-2022-3994 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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