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CVE-2016-2559
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the format function in libraries/sql-parser/src/Utils/Error.php in the SQL parser in…
Medium5.4EPSS 1.7%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the format function in libraries/sql-parser/src/Utils/Error.php in the SQL parser in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted query.
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)
- 1.7% · top 23% 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-7rf8-9r8f-qf59 (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-10/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-65da02b95c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/3a6a9a807d99371ee126635e1a505fc1fe0df32c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-02ee5b4002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_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-7rf8-9r8f-qf59 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .