Security Features in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2016-9851
Published: December 11, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33572
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9851
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 manipulate data.
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted request parameter value it is possible to bypass the logout timeout. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.
Affected software
phpMyAdmin
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9851
Install update from vendor's website.
phpmyadmin (Alpine package) - update to 4.4.15.9-r0