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CVE-2006-6942

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6942 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PhpMyAdmin versions prior to 2.9.1.1. These flaws allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML or web script through various parameters in db_operations.php, db_create.php, querywindow.php, and sql.php. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, significant community discussion, or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.9.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.9.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.9.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.9.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-29058 · Sep 15, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0319 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26733
Permissions Required
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30310
phpmyadmin.net / home_page/security.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/21137
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
us.debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1370
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4572
Not Applicable