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CVE-2006-5718

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in error.php in phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 through 2.9.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 or US-ASCII encoded characters, which are injected into an error message, as demonstrated by a request with a utf7 charset parameter accompanied by UTF-7 data.

Severity
Medium 4.3
Published
4 Nov 2006
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
1.7% in the next 30 daysHigher than 77% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Change some data
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
phpMyAdminServers and applications · cpe:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin
  • Version 2.9.2
  • Version 2.9.1
  • Version 2.9
  • Version 2.9_rc1
All 15 release lines
  • Version 2.6.4_rc1
  • Version 2.6.4_pl1
  • Version 2.6.4_pl3
  • Version 2.6.4_pl4
  • Version 2.7.0_beta1
  • Version 2.7
  • Version 2.7_pl1
  • Version 2.8.1
  • Version 2.8.2
  • Version 2.8.3
  • Version 2.8.4
  • Version 2.9_rc1
  • Version 2.9
  • Version 2.9.1
  • Version 2.9.2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5718
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5718