CVE-2016-9862 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted login request it is possible to inject BBCode in the login page. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.

Published: 2016-12-11

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-10655	An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted login request it is possible to inject BBCode in the login page. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00457.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94528
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-67

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-12-11T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:03.525Z

Reserved: 2016-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9862

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-11T03:00:03.197

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-9862

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-94

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