Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.2.2 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Table Operations (1) TRUNCATE or (2) DROP link for a crafted table name, (3) the Add Trigger popup within a Triggers page that references crafted table names, (4) an invalid trigger-creation attempt for a crafted table name, (5) crafted data in a table, or (6) a crafted tooltip label name during GIS data visualization, a different issue than CVE-2012-4345.
CVE-2012-4579 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from phpmyadmin organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2012-08-21T23:55:01.747
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 3.5 (LOW)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
6.8
2.9
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 3.5.0.0 | Yes |
| Application | phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 3.5.1.0 | Yes |
| Application | phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 3.5.2.0 | Yes |
| Application | phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 3.5.2.1 | Yes |
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