5.4

CVE-2023-25727: phpmyadmin Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.4v3.1MediumModified
AliasesopenSUSE-SU-2023:0058-1UBUNTU-CVE-2023-25727DEBIAN-CVE-2023-25727
Published 13-02-2023Last modified 03-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-25727 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in phpmyadmin. EPSS estimates a 1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2

Timeline

  1. 13-02-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In phpMyAdmin before 4.9.11 and 5.x before 5.2.1, an authenticated user can trigger XSS by uploading a crafted .sql file through the drag-and-drop interface.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

67%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.16% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.16%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • phpmyadmin< 4:5.2.1+dfsg-1
Opensuse1 product
  • phpMyAdmin&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 5.2.1-2.1
Phpmyadmin1 product
Suse1 product
  • phpMyAdmin&distro=SUSE Package Hub 12< 4.9.11-58.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • phpmyadminAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 5 products

References

8 links