# CVE-2025-2946: pgAdmin 4 Vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via Query Result Rendering

> Attackers can execute arbitrary HTML or JavaScript in a user's browser via query result rendering in pgAdmin 4.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2rrx-pphc-qfv9, PYSEC-2026-449

## What is CVE-2025-2946?

CVE-2025-2946 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4, published on 3 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

pgAdmin <= 9.1 is affected by a security vulnerability with Cross-Site Scripting(XSS). If attackers execute any arbitrary HTML/JavaScript in a user's browser through query result rendering, then HTML/JavaScript runs on the browser.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2946?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including pgadmin4. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `pgadmin4` | PyPI | All versions | 9.2 |
| `pgadmin4` | PyPI | All versions | 9.2 |
| `pgadmin4` | PyPI | All versions | 9.2 |

Products: Pgadmin Pgadmin 4.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-2946?

Upgrade pgadmin4 to 9.2 or later.

## Is CVE-2025-2946 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2946 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4

- [CVE-2025-2945](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2945/): pgAdmin 4: Remote Code Execution in Query Tool and Cloud Deployment (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-9014](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9014/): OAuth2 client id and secret exposed through the web browser in pgAdmin 4 (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-12046](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-12046/): Deserialization in pgAdmin 4 (critical 9.5)
- [CVE-2026-17351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17351/): SQL injection in pgAdmin 4 (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2026-17566](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-17566/): Command injection in pgAdmin 4 (critical 9.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-2946 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-2946 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in pgadmin.org pgAdmin 4, published on 3 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2946 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- pgadmin4 (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 9.2
- pgadmin4 (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 9.2
- pgadmin4 (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 9.2

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2946/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2946/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-2946
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2946
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2946

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2946/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.