Is CVE-2020-5504 being actively exploited?

CVE-2020-5504 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-5504?

CVE-2020-5504 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2020-5504

HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 38.8%EU EUVD

In phpMyAdmin 4 before 4.9.4 and 5 before 5.0.1, SQL injection exists in the user accounts page. A malicious user could inject custom SQL in place of their own username when creating queries to this page. An attacker must have a valid MySQL account to access the server.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-89
EPSS score: 38.8% (99th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2022-3776)
Published: January 9, 2020
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-3776 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on April 16, 2025.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

debian / debian linux
phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
suse / suse linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 - NSS Cryptographic Module - SUSE, LLC - FIPS 140 3216 - historical
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 12 - SUSE LLC - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0962-2016 - archived

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00024.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://cybersecurityworks.com/zerodays/cve-2020-5504-phpmyadmin.html(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/MarkLee131/awesome-web-pocs/blob/main/CVE-2020-5504.md
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00011.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2020-1/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)

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

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