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CVE-2016-2040 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-2040

CVE-2016-2040

MEDIUM5.4

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4

Published Feb 20, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) table name, (2) SET value, (3) search query, or (4) hostname in a Location header.

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-3.php

https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/75a55824012406a08c4debf5ddb7ae41c32a7dbc

https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/aca42efa01917cc0fe8cfdb2927a6399ca1742f2

https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/edffb52884b09562490081c3b8666ef46c296418

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2040

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

5.4

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

ChangedS:C

Impact

Confidentiality

LowC:L

Integrity

LowI:L

Availability

NoneA:N

5.4/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedFeb 20, 2016

ModifiedAug 5, 2024