CVE-2016-9856
phpMyAdmin XSS Vulnerability
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.26%
Description
An XSS issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin because of an improper fix for CVE-2016-2559 in PMASA-2016-10. This issue is resolved by using a copy of a hash to avoid a race condition. 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-2016-9856
To remediate CVE-2016-9856, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4.4.15.9-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 4:4.6.5.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.6.5 or later
Is CVE-2016-9856 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 4.4.15.9-r0
- from 0, < 4:4.6.5.1-1
- >= 4.6, < 4.6.5
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 |