Is CVE-2012-4579 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-4579 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-4579?

CVE-2012-4579 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 3.5 (LOW).

CVE-2012-4579

LOW · CVSS 3.5EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 3.5 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
EPSS score: 0.8% (57th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2022-4913)
Published: August 21, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-4913 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin

References

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2012-4.php(Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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