CVE-2016-2039

5.3 MEDIUM

Published: February 20, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

libraries/session.inc.php 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 does not properly generate CSRF token values, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by predicting a value.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

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

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-2.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/cb7748ac9cffcd1cd0f3081499cd4aafa9d1065e

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/f20970d32c3dfdf82aef7b6c244da1f769043813

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

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