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CVE-2016-5733: phpMyAdmin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

May 14, 2022 (updated April 14, 2025)

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 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) a crafted table name that is mishandled during privilege checking in table_row.phtml, (2) a crafted mysqld log_bin directive that is mishandled in log_selector.phtml, (3) the Transformation implementation, (4) AJAX error handling in js/ajax.js, (5) the Designer implementation, (6) the charts implementation in js/tbl_chart.js, or (7) the zoom-search implementation in rows_zoom.phtml.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-cr65-p662-fx5c
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/4d21b5c077db50c2a54b7f569d20f463cc2651f5
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/615212a14d7d87712202f37354acf8581987fc5a
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/79661610f6f65443e0ec1e382a7240437f28436c
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8716855b309dbe65d7b9a5d681b80579b225b322
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/895a131d2eb7e447757a35d5731c7d647823ea8b
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/960fd1fd52023047a23d069178bfff7463c2cefc
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/be3ecbb4cca3fbe20e3b3aa4e049902d18b60865
  • github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d648ade18d6cbb796a93261491c121f078df2d88
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5733
  • security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
  • web.archive.org/web/20200227223017/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91390
  • www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-26

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.0.10.0 before 4.0.10.16, all versions starting from 4.4.15.0 before 4.4.15.7, all versions starting from 4.6.0 before 4.6.3

Fixed versions

  • 4.0.10.16
  • 4.4.15.7
  • 4.6.3

Solution

Upgrade to versions 4.0.10.16, 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-2016-5733.yml

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