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CVE-2016-5705: phpMyAdmin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

May 14, 2022 (updated April 14, 2025)

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7 and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) server-privileges certificate data fields on the user privileges page, (2) an “invalid JSON” error message in the error console, (3) a database name in the central columns implementation, (4) a group name, or (5) a search name in the bookmarks implementation.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-6q2j-8h8q-46mr
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/03f73d48369703e0d3584699b08e24891c3295b8
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/0b7416c5f4439ed3f11c023785f2d4c49a1b09fc
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/364732e309cccb3fb56c938ed8d8bc0e04a3ca98
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/36df83a97a7f140fdb008b727a94f882847c6a6f
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/57ae483bad33059a885366d5445b7e1f6f29860a
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5705
  • security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
  • web.archive.org/web/20200227223416/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91378
  • www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-21

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.4.0 before 4.4.15.7, all versions starting from 4.6.0 before 4.6.3

Fixed versions

  • 4.4.15.7
  • 4.6.3

Solution

Upgrade to versions 4.4.15.7, 4.6.3 or above.

Impact 6.1 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

packagist/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/CVE-2016-5705.yml

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