CVE-2016-2040
MEDIUM5.4EPSS 0.49%phpMyAdmin XSS Vulnerability
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 5/7/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/phpmyadminfrom 0, < 4:4.5.4-1
- Packagist/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin>= 4.0, < 4.0.10.13
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
References (11)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2040
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2040
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/75a55824012406a08c4debf5ddb7ae41c32a7dbc
- WEBhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/aca42efa01917cc0fe8cfdb2927a6399ca1742f2
- WEBhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/edffb52884b09562490081c3b8666ef46c296418
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
- WEBhttp://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-3.php