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CVE-2016-9866
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. When the arg_separator is different from its default & value, the CSRF token was not properly…
Critical9.8EPSS 1.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. When the arg_separator is different from its default & value, the CSRF token was not properly stripped from the return URL of the preference import action. 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)
- 1.0% · top 36% 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
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadminGHSA-jvxx-8xxf-5495 (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- 94536 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-71 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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-jvxx-8xxf-5495 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .