CVE-2016-6629: Improper Input Validation

December 11, 2016 (updated July 1, 2017)

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the $cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp'] configuration directive. An attacker could reuse certain cookie values in a way of bypassing the servers defined by ArbitraryServerRegexp.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/92493
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6629
www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-52

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