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CVE-2016-2040
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4…
Medium5.4EPSS 1.6%
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Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) table name, (2) SET value, (3) search query, or (4) hostname in a Location header.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadminGHSA-pw34-qf6c-84fc (opens in a new tab)
References (9)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0378 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/75a55824012406a08c4debf5ddb7ae41c32a7dbc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/aca42efa01917cc0fe8cfdb2927a6399ca1742f2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3627 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:0357 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-3.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-e55278763e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-e1fe01e96e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/edffb52884b09562490081c3b8666ef46c296418 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-pw34-qf6c-84fc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .