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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-15605 · published 24 August 2018

CVE-2018-15605: Phpmyadmin cross-site scripting vulnerability

Phpmyadmin · Phpmyadmin

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.3. A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability has been found where an attacker can use a crafted file to manipulate an authenticated user who loads that file through the import feature.

6.1 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 1.7% · top 23.8% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
6.1CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
1.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.3. A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability has been found where an attacker can use a crafted file to manipulate an authenticated user who loads that file through the import feature.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105168 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041548 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/00d90b3ae415b31338f76263359467a9fbebd0a1 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-5/ PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105168 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041548 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/00d90b3ae415b31338f76263359467a9fbebd0a1 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-5/ PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-15605), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.