CVE-2023-25727

In phpMyAdmin before 4.9.11 and 5.x before 5.2.1, an authenticated user can trigger XSS by uploading a crafted .sql file through the drag-and-drop interface.

Published: 2023-02-13 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2023-25727 is rated Low Risk (38.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.16%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2023-25727

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 9.66% 1.16% -8.49%
2 2026-05-17 9.54% 9.66% +0.12%
3 2026-04-25 — 9.54% —

Full EPSS history (63 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2023-25727

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/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]
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/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 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2023-25727

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2023-25727

GHSA-6hr3-44gx-g6wh · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in drag-and-drop upload of phpMyAdmin

OS Trackers for CVE-2023-25727

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2023-25727 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-2023-25727
ubuntu medium CVE-2023-25727 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 7, ignored 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-25727

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2023-25727

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin < 4.9.11 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin >= 5.0.0, < 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2023-25727

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