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CVE-2006-6942

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PhpMyAdmin before 2.9.1.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via (1) a comment for a table name, as exploited through (a) db_operations.php, (2) the db parameter to (b) db_create.php, (3) the newname parameter to db_operations.php, the (4) query_history_latest, (5) query_history_latest_db, and (6) querydisplay_tab…

Severity
Medium 6.8
Published
19 Jan 2007
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
3.3% in the next 30 daysHigher than 88% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
Cross-site scripting (CWE-79)
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Read some data · Change some data · Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Sources
NVD

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PhpMyAdmin before 2.9.1.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script via (1) a comment for a table name, as exploited through (a) db_operations.php, (2) the db parameter to (b) db_create.php, (3) the newname parameter to db_operations.php, the (4) query_history_latest, (5) query_history_latest_db, and (6) querydisplay_tab parameters to (c) querywindow.php, and (7) the pos parameter to (d) sql.php.

From NVD.

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
phpMyAdminServers and applications · cpe:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin
  • Version 2.9.1_rc2
  • Version 2.9.1_rc1
  • Version 2.9.0.3
  • Version 2.9.0.2
All 9 release lines
  • Every version up to 2.9.1
  • Version 2.9.0_beta1
  • Version 2.9.0_rc1
  • Version 2.9.0
  • Version 2.9.0.1
  • Version 2.9.0.2
  • Version 2.9.0.3
  • Version 2.9.1_rc1
  • Version 2.9.1_rc2

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6942
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6942