CVE-2016-5733
phpMyAdmin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) a crafted table name that is mishandled during privilege checking in table_row.phtml, (2) a crafted mysqld log_bin directive that is mishandled in log_selector.phtml, (3) the Transformation implementation, (4) AJAX error handling in js/ajax.js, (5) the Designer implementation, (6) the charts implementation in js/tbl_chart.js, or (7) the zoom-search implementation in rows_zoom.phtml.
How to fix CVE-2016-5733
To remediate CVE-2016-5733, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4:4.6.3-1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.0.10.16 or later
Is CVE-2016-5733 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4:4.6.3-1
- >= 4.0.10.0, < 4.0.10.16
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |