---
id: CVE-2025-63947
title: >-
  A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in phpMsAdmin
  version 2.2 in the database_mode.php file
summary: >-
  A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in phpMsAdmin
  version 2.2 in the database_mode.php file. An attacker can execute arbitrary
  web script or HTML via the dbname parameter after a user is authenticated.
severity: medium
cvss: 5.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
  - CWE-79
vendor: craigtaub
product: phpmsadmin
affected:
  - phpmsadmin = 2.2
published: '2025-12-18'
updated: '2026-10-13'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-13T11:10:00.203'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-63947'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/solonbarroso/vulnerability-research/blob/main/advisories/phpMsAdmin/CVE-2025-63947.md
    label: cve@mitre.org
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/solonbarroso/vulnerability-research/blob/main/advisories/phpMsAdmin/CVE-pending-phpMsAdmin.md
    label: cve@mitre.org
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00175
epssPercentile: 0.064
ingestedAt: '2026-10-13T11:23:51.140Z'
---

## Overview

A Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in phpMsAdmin version 2.2 in the database_mode.php file. An attacker can execute arbitrary web script or HTML via the dbname parameter after a user is authenticated.

## Affected

- `phpmsadmin = 2.2`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.