CVE-2022-23807

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 4.9 before 4.9.8 and 5.1 before 5.1.2. A valid user who is already authenticated to phpMyAdmin can manipulate their account to bypass two-factor authentication for future login instances.

Published: 2022-01-21 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-23807 is rated Low Risk (35.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.74%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-23807

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 0.07% 0.74% +0.67%
2 2025-11-21 0.25% 0.07% -0.18%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-23807

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
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 1.4 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-23807

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-23807

GHSA-8wf2-3ggj-78q9 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Improper Authentication in phpmyadmin

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-23807

vendor priority summary link
alpine medium CVE-2022-23807: 1 source package rows (phpmyadmin); 13 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 6. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-23807
debian unimportant CVE-2022-23807 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-23807
gentoo low CVE-2022-23807: 1 GLSA(s) (202311-17), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/phpmyadmin); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2022-23807
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-23807 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 14 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): ignored 6, needs-triage 4, not-affected 3, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23807

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-23807

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin >= 4.9.0, < 4.9.8 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-23807

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