CVE-2020-11441

Exp

phpMyAdmin 5.0.2 allows CRLF injection, as demonstrated by %0D%0Astring%0D%0A inputs to login form fields causing CRLF sequences to be reflected on an error page. NOTE: the vendor states "I don't see anything specifically exploitable.

Published: 2020-03-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-11441 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.31%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.66% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2020-11441

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-11441

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 0.65% 2.31% +1.66%
2 2025-11-21 1.92% 0.65% -1.26%
3 2025-11-18 — 1.92% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-11441

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/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-2020-11441

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-11441

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2020-11441: 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-2020-11441
debian unimportant CVE-2020-11441 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): open 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-11441
ubuntu medium CVE-2020-11441 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 14 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 6, not-affected 6, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-11441

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-11441

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-11441

URL Tags
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/16056 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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