# CVE-2018-19970: In phpMyAdmin before 4.8.4, an XSS vulnerability was found in the navigation tree, where an attacker can deliver a payload to a user through

- Also known as: GHSA-8987-93FH-RCWQ
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.8.4
- Published: 2018-12-11 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): from 4.0, fixed in 4.8.4

## Description

In phpMyAdmin before 4.8.4, an XSS vulnerability was found in the navigation tree, where an attacker can deliver a payload to a user through a crafted database/table name.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin, upgrade to a fixed version (4.8.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-8/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00003.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106181
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-16

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