An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 5.x before 5.2.2. An XSS vulnerability has been discovered for the check tables feature. A crafted table or database name could be used for XSS.

The remote Debian 11 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-4121 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4121-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                          Adrian Bunk     April 08, 2025                                https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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    Package        : phpmyadmin     Version        : 4:5.0.4+dfsg2-2+deb11u2     CVE ID         : CVE-2023-25727 CVE-2025-24529 CVE-2025-24530

    Multiple XSS vulnerabilities have been fixed in phpMyAdmin,     an administration tool for MySQL and MariaDB databases.

    CVE-2023-25727

        XSS vulnerability in drag-and-drop upload

    CVE-2025-24529

        XSS on Insert page

    CVE-2025-24530

        XSS when checking tables

    For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version     4:5.0.4+dfsg2-2+deb11u2.

    We recommend that you upgrade your phpmyadmin packages.

    For the detailed security status of phpmyadmin please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/phpmyadmin

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 5.x before 5.2.2. An XSS vulnerability has been discovered for the     check tables feature. A crafted table or database name could be used for XSS. (CVE-2025-24530)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2025:0081-1 advisory.

    Update to version 5.2.2:

    - CVE-2025-24530: XSS in the 'Check Tables' feature (bsc#1236312).
    - CVE-2025-24529: XSS in the 'Insert' tab (bsc#1236311).
    - CVE-2024-2961: glibc/iconv: out-of-bounds writes when writing escape sequences (bsc#1222992).
    - CVE-2023-30536: slim/psr7: improper header validation (bsc#1238159).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
234026	Debian dla-4121 : phpmyadmin - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
231867	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-24530	Nessus	Misc.	medium
218745	openSUSE 15 Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-SU-2025:0081-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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