CVE-2020-10804 phpMyAdmin SQL Injection
A malicious user can craft a username to trigger SQL injection, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands and potentially escalate privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-10804?
CVE-2020-10804 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 22 Mar 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability was found in retrieval of the current username (in libraries/classes/Server/Privileges.php and libraries/classes/UserPassword.php). A malicious user with access to the server could create a crafted username, and then trick the victim into performing specific actions with that user account (such as editing its privileges).
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10804?
5 open source packages ship an affected version, including phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin and phpmyadmin. It affects 5 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin Packagist | From 4.9.0 | 4.9.5 |
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin Packagist | From 4.9.0 | 4.9.5 |
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin Packagist | From 5.0.0 | 5.0.2 |
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin Packagist | From 5.0.0 | 5.0.2 |
phpmyadmin Bitnami | From 4.0.0 | 4.9.5, 5.0.2 |
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap, Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, Suse Package Hub.
How do I fix CVE-2020-10804?
Upgrade phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to a fixed version for your release line: 4.9.5 or 5.0.2.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2020-10804 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10804 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as BIT-phpmyadmin-2020-10804, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-10804, GHSA-h65r-8fp8-w7cx, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10804.