CVE-2016-2040

5.4 MEDIUM
Published: February 20, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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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.

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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:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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-2016-3.php
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/75a55824012406a08c4debf5ddb7ae41c32a7dbc
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/aca42efa01917cc0fe8cfdb2927a6399ca1742f2
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/edffb52884b09562490081c3b8666ef46c296418
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-3.php
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/75a55824012406a08c4debf5ddb7ae41c32a7dbc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/aca42efa01917cc0fe8cfdb2927a6399ca1742f2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/edffb52884b09562490081c3b8666ef46c296418
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
5.4 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
66th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

fedoraproject opensuse phpmyadmin

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