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CVE-2016-5705
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7 and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to…
Medium6.1EPSS 1.3%
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Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7 and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) server-privileges certificate data fields on the user privileges page, (2) an "invalid JSON" error message in the error console, (3) a database name in the central columns implementation, (4) a group name, or (5) a search name in the bookmarks implementation.
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)
- 1.3% · top 29% 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
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadminGHSA-6q2j-8h8q-46mr (opens in a new tab)
References (11)
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/36df83a97a7f140fdb008b727a94f882847c6a6f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-21/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 91378 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1700 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/57ae483bad33059a885366d5445b7e1f6f29860a (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3627 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/364732e309cccb3fb56c938ed8d8bc0e04a3ca98 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/0b7416c5f4439ed3f11c023785f2d4c49a1b09fc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/03f73d48369703e0d3584699b08e24891c3295b8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1699 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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-6q2j-8h8q-46mr (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .