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CVE-2008-4775

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4775 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, specifically within the pmd_pdf.php script, affecting versions 3.0.0, 2.11.9.2, and 3.0.1 when the register_globals setting is enabled. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through the 'db' parameter. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a low severity due to high attack complexity and limited impact, primarily affecting integrity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or inclusion in the KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.11.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:2.11.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-32531 · Oct 27, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0606 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 1,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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-2008-4775Low

phpMyAdmin: XSS issue in pmd_pdf.php via db parameter with register_globals enabled

Oct 27, 2008

References

secunia.com / advisories/32449
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32482
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200903-32.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/4516
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46136
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00908.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00925.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497815/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/31928
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2943