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CVE-2016-5099
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.6 and 4.6.x before 4.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject…
Medium6.1EPSS 1.1%
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Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.6 and 4.6.x before 4.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via special characters that are mishandled during double URL decoding.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% 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 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1556 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-16 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1035979 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 90877 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3627 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/b061096abd992801fbbd805ef6ff74e627528780 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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