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phpMyAdmin PHP code injection

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 24, 2024

Package

composer phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 4.6, < 4.6.4
>= 4.4, < 4.4.15.8
>= 4.0, < 4.0.10.17

Patched versions

4.6.4
4.4.15.8
4.0.10.17

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A specially crafted database name could be used to run arbitrary PHP commands through the array export feature. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 11, 2016
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Apr 24, 2024
Last updated Apr 24, 2024

Severity

High
8.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-6609

GHSA ID

GHSA-wpww-hx7x-xfjh

Source code

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