CVE-2026-119427

phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 SQL Injection via Designer saveSetting

State: Published
Severity: 2.3 Low
Published: Oct 30, 2026
Updated: Oct 30, 2026
Reserved: Oct 30, 2026

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	2.3 Low	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	4.2 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
phpMyAdminphpMyAdmin	5.2.3 and earlierAffected

References

https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/ec0c6d8394b70d67798f38b645e39c26ea96a2a3patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8d1244a72b3be073418e0e08f6f5506815bc7e65patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/18698patchissue-tracking
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/RELEASE_5_2_3/libraries/classes/Database/Designer/Common.php#L788-L808technical-description
https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/phpmyadmin-designer-json-sqlithird-party-advisory
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadminproduct
VulnCheck Advisory: phpMyAdmin through 5.2.3 SQL Injection via Designer saveSettingthird-party-advisory

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