CVE-2018-12581

An issue was discovered in js/designer/move.js in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.2. A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability has been found where an attacker can use a crafted database name to trigger an XSS attack when that database is referenced from the Designer feature.

Published: 2018-06-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-12581 is rated Moderate Risk (52.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.82%). EPSS rose +1.43% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-12581

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.39% 1.82% +1.43%
2 2026-05-29 0.62% 0.39% -0.23%
3 2026-03-04 — 0.62% —

Full EPSS history (46 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-12581

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-12581

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-12581

GHSA-vxj6-pm6r-23hq · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — phpMyAdmin XSS Vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-12581

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2018-12581: 1 source package rows (phpmyadmin); 12 state rows across 7 repos (3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 7, open 5. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-12581
debian low CVE-2018-12581 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12581
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-12581 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 15 status rows across 15 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 7, released 4, ignored 3, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12581

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-12581

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin < 4.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-12581

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104530 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041187 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-3/ Patch Vendor Advisory
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