CVE-2014-4986: phpmyadmin Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-4986 is a low (CVSS 3.5) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in phpmyadmin. EPSS estimates a 1.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1Timeline
- 20-07-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in js/functions.js in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.1, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.2, and 4.2.x before 4.2.6 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted (1) table name or (2) column name that is improperly handled during construction of an AJAX confirmation message.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.60%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
76%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.60% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- phpmyadmin< 4:4.2.6-1
Phpmyadmin1 product
- phpmyadminEOL4.0.0 | 4.0.0:rc2 | 4.0.0:rc3 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.4.1 | 4.0.4.2 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.7 | 4.0.8 | 4.0.9 | 4.0.10 | 4.0.10.0 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6 | 4.1.7 | 4.1.8 | 4.1.9 | 4.1.10 | 4.1.11 | 4.1.12 | 4.1.13 | 4.1.14 | 4.1.14.1 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.2.4 | 4.2.5
Ubuntu1 product
- phpmyadminAll versions (No fix recorded)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
9 links- github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/29a1f56495a7d1d98da31a614f23c0819a606a4dX Refsource CONFIRMREPORT