Security Features in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2016-9861
Published: December 11, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33582
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9861
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. Due to the limitation in URL matching, it was possible to bypass the URL white-list protection. 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-2016-9861
Install update from vendor's website.
phpmyadmin (Alpine package) - update to 4.4.15.9-r0