In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability was found in retrieval of the current username (in libraries/classes/Server/Privileges.php and libraries/classes/UserPassword.php). A malicious user with access to the server could create a crafted username, and then trick the victim into performing specific actions with that user account (such as editing its privileges).
The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-2/ | vendor advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00046.html | mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00050.html | mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UZI6EQVRRIG252DY3MBT33BJVCSYDMQO/ | vendor advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AAVW3SUKWR5RF5LZ6SARCYOWBIFUIWOJ/ | vendor advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BUG3IRITW2LUBGR5LSQMP7MVRTELHZJK/ | vendor advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-11/msg00005.html | mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory |