# CVE-2020-22452: SQL Injection vulnerability in function getTableCreationQuery in CreateAddField.php in phpMyAdmin 5.x before 5.2.0 via the tbl\_storage\_engin

- Also known as: GHSA-PRCG-MC23-HGJH, BIT-PHPMYADMIN-2020-22452
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.0.2
- Published: 2023-01-26 · Updated: 2026-07-09

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): from 5.0.0, fixed in 5.0.2

## Description

SQL Injection vulnerability in function getTableCreationQuery in CreateAddField.php in phpMyAdmin 5.x before 5.2.0 via the tbl_storage_engine or tbl_collation parameters to tbl_create.php.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin, upgrade to a fixed version (5.0.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/15898
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/pull/16004
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/blob/master/ChangeLog

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