CVE-2026-119427
highphpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains an sql injection vulnerability in Designer saveSetting() that allows authenticated users to inject SQL via unescaped json_enc…
Vendor / product: Phpmyadmin — phpmyadmin
phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 contains an sql injection vulnerability in Designer saveSetting() that allows authenticated users to inject SQL via unescaped json_encode() output. Attackers can send crafted index or value parameters with operation=save_setting_value to /database/designer to overwrite other users' designer settings or run controluser subqueries.
CVSS
8.8
8.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-30 12:16
Modified: 2026-11-04 15:17
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 9 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-04 15:35 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin ≤5.2.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8d1244a72b3be073418e0e08f6f5506815bc7e65
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/ec0c6d8394b70d67798f38b645e39c26ea96a2a3
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/18698
References
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-designer-json-sqli disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Database/Des... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8d1244a72b3be073418e0e08f6f5506815bc7e65 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/ec0c6d8394b70d67798f38b645e39c26ea96a2a3 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/18698 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmyadmin-through-5.2.3-sql-injection-via-designer-s... disclosure@vulncheck.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-04 15:35 UTC · record ↗