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CVE-2016-9865
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Due to a bug in serialized string parsing, it was possible to bypass the protection offered by…
Critical9.8EPSS 2.3%
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- mitre
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Due to a bug in serialized string parsing, it was possible to bypass the protection offered by PMA_safeUnserialize() function. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 17% 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: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (4)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180706 [SECURITY] [DLA 1415-1] phpmyadmin security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-70 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 94531 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .