THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2007-5589
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2007-5589

Phpmyadmin vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.1.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via certain input available in (1) PHP_SELF in (a) server_status.php, and (b) grab_globals.lib.php, (c) display_change_password.lib.php, and (d) common.lib.php in libraries/; and certain input available in PHP_SELF and (2) PATH_INFO in libraries/common.inc.php. NOTE: there might also be other vectors related to (3) REQUEST_URI.
Affected vendor
Phpmyadmin
Affected product
Phpmyadmin
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2007-10-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-5589

  • Confirm whether Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-5589.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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