Pgadmin
CVE-2024-4216
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
pgAdmin <= 8.5 is affected by XSS vulnerability in /settings/store API response json payload. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in pypi
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. pgAdmin <= 8.5 is affected by XSS vulnerability in /settings/store API response json payload. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute malicious script at the client end. Affected products include: Pgadmin Pgadmin 4, Fedoraproject Fedora.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
pgAdmin <= 8.5 is affected by XSS vulnerability in /settings/store API response json payload. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute malicious script at the client end.
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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Remote code execution in pgAdmin 4 (versions up to and including 9.9) lets an attacker who can get a crafted PLAIN-forma
SQL injection sandbox escape in pgAdmin 4's AI Assistant (versions 9.13 through 9.16) lets an attacker break out of the
OS command injection in pgAdmin 4 (all versions before 9.18) lets an authenticated user with the commonly-granted tools_
Cross-tenant credential theft in pgAdmin 4 (9.0 through 9.16) lets an authenticated non-owner user hijack another user's
pgAdmin <= 9.1 is affected by a security vulnerability with Cross-Site Scripting(XSS). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1
Command injection in pgAdmin 4 versions up to 9.9 on Windows allows an attacker who can supply a crafted file path to th
pgAdmin <= 8.5 is affected by a multi-factor authentication bypass vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this v
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