CVE-2018-7260

Exp

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Published: 2018-02-21 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published

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Threat Intelligence & Risk Assessment for CVE-2018-7260

EPSS CVSS CWE GHSA Exploit-DB Affected OS Tracker

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-7260 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.68%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.38% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-7260

EDB-ID	Source	Kind	Published	Link
—	nvd_ref	exploit_tag		Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-7260

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	0.30%	1.68%	+1.38%
2	2025-11-21	0.41%	0.30%	-0.11%
3	2025-11-18	—	0.41%	—

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-7260

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.4	3.0	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. 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.	2.3	2.7	[email protected]
3.5	2.0	LOW	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:S) A single authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	6.8	2.9	[email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-7260

CWE-79 MITRE ↗

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2018-7260

GHSA-gqmj-f46x-wqhw · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — phpMyAdmin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in central columns feature

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-7260

vendor	priority	summary	link
`alpine`	medium	CVE-2018-7260: 1 source package rows (phpmyadmin); 2 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 2.	https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-7260
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2018-7260 not yet assigned 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-2018-7260
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2018-7260 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 13 status rows across 13 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 6, ignored 3, released 3, DNE 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-7260

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-7260

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
phpmyadmin	phpmyadmin	< 4.7.8	cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin::::::::

References for CVE-2018-7260

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103099	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d2886a3	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://udiniya.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/a-tale-of-stealing-session-cookie-in-phpmyadmin/	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-1/	Patch Vendor Advisory

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