CVE-2016-9864
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.25%
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted username or a table name, it was possible to inject SQL statements in the tracking functionality that would run with the privileges of the control user. This gives read and write access to the tables of the configuration storage database, and if the control user has the necessary privileges, read access to some tables of the MySQL database. 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.
How to fix CVE-2016-9864
To remediate CVE-2016-9864, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.4.15.9-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 4:4.6.5.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-9864 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.4.15.9-r0
- from 0, < 4:4.6.5.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |