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CVE-2007-5977

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5977 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin versions prior to 2.11.2.1, specifically within the db_create.php component. This flaw allows authenticated users with CREATE DATABASE privileges to inject malicious web scripts or HTML through a hex-encoded IMG element in the 'db' parameter. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring user authentication, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion, suggesting it is not a widely targeted or discussed vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.5LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0125 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 1,638 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 0.1 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5977

XSS in db_create

References

secunia.com / advisories/27630
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27753
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/38404
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
Patch
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00777.html
digitrustgroup.com / advisories/tdg-advisory071108a.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
phpmyadmin.net / home_page/security.php
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/26512
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3824