Security Features in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2016-9865
Published: December 11, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33355
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9865
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Due to a bug in serialized string parsing, it was possible to bypass the protection offered by PMA_safeUnserialize() function. 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.
Affected software
phpMyAdmin
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9865
Install update from vendor's website.
phpmyadmin (Alpine package) - update to 4.4.15.9-r0