CVE-2016-5739
phpMyAdmin vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.92%
Description
The Transformation implementation 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 does not use the no-referrer Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct CSRF attacks by reading an authentication token in a Referer header, related to libraries/Header.php.
How to fix CVE-2016-5739
To remediate CVE-2016-5739, 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-2016-5739 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.9%, 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 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |