---
id: "CVE-2026-119562"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-119562"]
title: "phpMyAdmin: authenticated users can inject SQL through central columns"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 4.2
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["mariadb", "mysql", "package", "phpmyadmin", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["auth-required", "no-configuration-storage"]
published_at: "2026-10-30T12:16:43+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-30T12:30:26+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-30T12:34:07+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119562", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-30T12:30:26+00:00"}]
---

# phpMyAdmin: authenticated users can inject SQL through central columns

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.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## 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.
- 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.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-30T12:30:26+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119562

## From the sources

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.

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