CVE-2016-6614
6.8
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.1%
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the %u username replacement functionality of the SaveDir and UploadDir features. When the username substitution is configured, a specially-crafted user name can be used to circumvent restrictions to traverse the file system. 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.
How to fix CVE-2016-6614
To remediate CVE-2016-6614, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.4.15.8-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-6614 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.4.15.8-r0
- from 0, < 4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |