Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2016-6608
Published: December 11, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33607
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6608
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
XSS issues were discovered in phpMyAdmin. This affects the database privilege check and the "Remove partitioning" functionality. Specially crafted database names can trigger the XSS attack. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) are affected.
Affected software
phpMyAdmin
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
Opensuse
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6608
Install update from vendor's website.
phpmyadmin (Alpine package) - update to 4.4.15.8-r0