CVE-2016-2045

5.4 MEDIUM

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

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the SQL editor in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a SQL query that triggers JSON data in a response.

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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://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-9.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/0a24f92d081033576bfdd9d4bdec1a54501734c1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/11496890d7e21786cbfd9fd17ab968f498116b3f

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

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