Medium severity · published Feb 20, 2016
CVE-2016-2040
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…
5.4
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
22; 23 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
42.1 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.1; 13.2 · source: NVD
PH
Phpmyadmin · Phpmyadmin
4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.10; 4.0.10.1; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2040
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2040
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
Patch
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-3.php
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