{"id":"CVE-2026-119562","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-119562"],"related":[],"title":"phpMyAdmin: authenticated users can inject SQL through central columns","description":"phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains an sql injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users to inject SQL by supplying unescaped col_extra and col_attribute values to /database/central-columns. Attackers can inject SQL into pma__central_columns INSERT and UPDATE queries run with controluser privileges, reading or modifying other users' configuration-storage data.","summary":"phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 does not escape the col_extra and col_attribute values sent to /database/central-columns. An logged-in user can inject SQL into queries that run with the controluser account, reading or changing other users' configuration-storage data.","severity":"medium","cvss":4.2,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["mariadb","mysql","package","phpmyadmin","self-hosted"],"not_affected_if":["auth-required","no-configuration-storage"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed phpMyAdmin version, for example `grep -i 'PMA_VERSION' libraries/classes/Version.php` or the version shown in the footer.\n- Confirm whether the configuration storage tables (pma__central_columns) exist and whether the controluser account is set in config.inc.php.","fix":"- Versions after `5.2.3` are implied fixed; the sources do not name a specific fixed version.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-30T12:16:43+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T12:30:26+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-30T12:34:07+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-30T12:34:07+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-30T12:34:07Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Versions after `5.2.3` are implied fixed; the sources do not name a specific fixed version.","reach":"internet","title":"phpMyAdmin: authenticated users can inject SQL through central columns","impact":"medium","summary":"phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 does not escape the col_extra and col_attribute values sent to /database/central-columns. An logged-in user can inject SQL into queries that run with the controluser account, reading or changing other users' configuration-storage data.","audience":"businesses","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["phpmyadmin","self-hosted","mysql","mariadb"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"Attacker reads or modifies other users' stored phpMyAdmin configuration data","analyst_note":"Confirm the fixed phpMyAdmin version and whether default configuration storage is enabled, using the NVD entry and the phpMyAdmin security advisory.","how_to_check":"- Check the installed phpMyAdmin version, for example `grep -i 'PMA_VERSION' libraries/classes/Version.php` or the version shown in the footer.\n- Confirm whether the configuration storage tables (pma__central_columns) exist and whether the controluser account is set in config.inc.php.","plain_action":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["auth-required","no-configuration-storage"],"who_is_affected":"Teams that run phpMyAdmin on a server with the configuration storage feature enabled and multiple logged-in users. The attacker needs a valid phpMyAdmin login, so installations with a single trusted user are lower risk. unknown whether a default install is exposed.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"medium"},"cost_usd":0.00073,"input_tokens":4158,"output_tokens":629,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-119562':12A,15A '-2026':11A,14A '/database/central-columns':38B,89C '5.2.3':25B,66C 'account':54B 'allow':73C 'attack':90C 'attribut':34B,86C 'authent':2A,74C 'central':8A,96C 'chang':57B 'col':30B,33B,82C,85C 'column':9A,97C 'configur':61B,112C 'configuration-storag':60B,111C 'contain':67C 'controlus':53B,104C 'cve':10A,13A 'data':63B,114C 'escap':28B 'extra':31B,83C 'host':22B 'inject':5A,45B,70C,77C,92C 'insert':98C 'log':41B 'logged-in':40B 'mariadb':16B 'modifi':108C 'mysql':17B 'packag':18B 'phpmyadmin':1A,19B,23B,64C 'pma':95C 'privileg':105C 'queri':48B,101C 'read':55B,106C 'run':50B,102C 'self':21B 'self-host':20B 'sent':36B 'sql':6A,46B,69C,78C,93C 'storag':62B,113C 'suppli':80C 'unescap':81C 'updat':100C 'user':3A,43B,59B,75C,110C 'valu':35B,87C 'vulner':71C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Teams that run phpMyAdmin on a server with the configuration storage feature enabled and multiple logged-in users. The attacker needs a valid phpMyAdmin login, so installations with a single trusted user are lower risk. unknown whether a default install is exposed.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"unknown","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-30T12:16:43+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","cvss_by":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-119562","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119562","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-30T12:16:43+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-30T12:16:43+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-30T12:30:26+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-30T12:30:26+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. 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