Medium severity · published Dec 11, 2016
CVE-2016-9856
An XSS issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin because of an improper fix for CVE-2016-2559 in PMASA-2016-10
6.1
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An XSS issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin because of an improper fix for CVE-2016-2559 in PMASA-2016-10. This issue is resolved by using a copy of a hash to avoid a race condition. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PH
Phpmyadmin · Phpmyadmin
4.0.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.2; 4.0.3; 4.0.4; 4.0.4.1; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9856
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9856
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94530
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
Patch
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-64
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