CVE-2016-2040
phpMyAdmin XSS Vulnerability
5.4
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.49%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-2040
To remediate CVE-2016-2040, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4:4.5.4-1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.0.10.13 or later
Is CVE-2016-2040 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4:4.5.4-1
- >= 4.0, < 4.0.10.13
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |