CVE-2016-9860
phpMyAdmin Denial of Service (DoS)
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.71%
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user can execute a denial of service attack when phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. 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-2016-9860
To remediate CVE-2016-9860, 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-2016-9860 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, 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 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |