CVE-2016-6629
phpMyAdmin Authentication Bypass
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.98%
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the $cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp'] configuration directive. An attacker could reuse certain cookie values in a way of bypassing the servers defined by ArbitraryServerRegexp. 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-2016-6629
To remediate CVE-2016-6629, 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
- —upgrade to 4.6.4 or later
Is CVE-2016-6629 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 4.4.15.8-r0
- from 0, < 4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1
- >= 4.6, < 4.6.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |