CVE-2018-12581 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting phpMyAdmin versions prior to 4.8.2. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious database name, which then triggers an XSS attack when referenced within the Designer feature. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) requires user interaction and has low impacts on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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