--- title: "TYPO3-EXT-SA-2011-005: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in extension phpMyAdmin (phpmyadmin)" url: "https://news.typo3.com/security/advisory/typo3-ext-sa-2011-005" description: It has been discovered that the extension phpMyAdmin (phpmyadmin) is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. image: "https://news.typo3.com/_assets/d1e01514e4c4a5b3147940fa2ec50682/Images/og-image-news.jpg" date: 2026-06-11 modified: 2026-06-11 categories: - TYPO3 Extensions --- # TYPO3-EXT-SA-2011-005: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in extension phpMyAdmin (phpmyadmin) - Security / [TYPO3 Extensions](https://news.typo3.com/article/category/security/typo3-extensions) TYPO3-EXT-SA-2011-005: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in extension phpMyAdmin (phpmyadmin) ======================================================================================== 26 August 2011 ![A laptop screen displaying a list of security advisories](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/_processed_/d/c/csm_security_blog_default_77f8e86036.webp) It has been discovered that the extension phpMyAdmin (phpmyadmin) is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting. - ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/bbf959d8e683550c90ae922aff9145d8.jpeg)[Marcus Krause](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/marcus-krause) **Component Type:** Third party extension. This extension is not a part of the TYPO3 default installation. **Affected Versions:** Version 4.11.3 and below **Vulnerability Type:** Multiple Cross-Site Scripting **Severity:** Medium **Suggested CVSS v2.0:** [AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C](http://jvnrss.ise.chuo-u.ac.jp/jtg/cvss/cvss2.cgi?vector=%28AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C%29&g=2&lang=en "CVSS calculator") ([What's that?](http://buzz.typo3.org/teams/security/article/use-of-common-vulnerability-scoring-system-in-typo3-security-advisories/ "Blog post on CVSS usage")) **References:** [PMASA-2011-13](http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-13.php "Opens external link in new window") **Release Date:** 26.08.2011 **Problem Description:** Because user input is not properly sanitized, phpmyadmin is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting. An attacker must have permissions to change table, column or index names to exploit this problem. **Solution:** An updated version 4.11.4 is available from the TYPO3 extension manager and at[typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/phpmyadmin/4.11.4/](http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/phpmyadmin/4.11.4/). Users of the extension are advised to update the extension as soon as possible. The TYPO3 Security Team requests TYPO3 administrators to consider our advice from [TYPO3-SA-2009-015](http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-sa-2009-015/) to either use extension phpMyAdmin only on development servers or to use the phpMyAdmin standalone application on production servers. Credits: Thanks to Andreas Beutel for providing a TYPO3 extension package with an updated phpMyAdmin version. **General advice:** Follow the recommendations that are given in the [TYPO3 Security Cookbook](http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-extensions/fileadmin/security-team/typo3_security_cookbook_v-0.5.pdf "Initiates file download"). Please subscribe to the[typo3-announce mailing list](http://lists.typo3.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-announce "Opens external link in new window") to receive future Security Bulletins via E-mail. ![](https://news.typo3.com/typo3temp/assets/t3g/blog/gravatar/b5c88386e5b1d8fca79d0652427922d2.jpeg) About the Author [Marcus Krause](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/marcus-krause) [More posts by this author](https://news.typo3.com/article/author/marcus-krause)