Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in phpMyAdmin by phpMyAdmin Team
CVE-2026-119563

5.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

PHPmyadmin
Status
PHPmyadmin
Vendor
CVE Published:
30 October 2026

What is CVE-2026-119563?

phpMyAdmin versions up to 5.2.3 are susceptible to a stored cross-site scripting issue. This vulnerability allows users with CREATE privileges to insert malicious scripts through unescaped table names in the Designer History feature. If exploited, an attacker can craft a table name containing HTML markup that executes upon being interacted with in another user's session, posing significant risks to user data security and privacy.

Affected Version(s)

phpMyAdmin 0 <= 5.2.3

References

https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2...
technical-description
https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-vqb-xss
third-party-advisory
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
product

CVSS V4

Score:
5.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
Unknown

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Abraxas Labs
.