CVE-2016-9849
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.29%
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction ($cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']) and deny rules for username by using Null Byte in the username. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.
How to fix CVE-2016-9849
To remediate CVE-2016-9849, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/phpmyadmin—upgrade to 4.4.15.9-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 4:4.6.5.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-9849 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.4.15.9-r0
- from 0, < 4:4.6.5.1-1
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 |