CVE-2016-5704
medium
CVSS v3
6.1
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.1
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the table-structure page in phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a comment.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
71%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4:4.6.3-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 4:4.6.3-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4:4.6.3-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4:4.6.3-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin | >=4.6.0,<4.6.3 | 4.6.3 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 4.6.0 | |
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 4.6.1 | |
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 4.6.2 | |
References
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/72213573182896bd6a6e5af5ba1881dd87c4a20b
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-20/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5704
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-20
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5704
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.