Information disclosure in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2016-6625
Published: December 11, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33622
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6625
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An attacker can determine whether a user is logged in to phpMyAdmin. The user's session, username, and password are not compromised by this vulnerability. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.
Affected software
phpMyAdmin
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
Opensuse
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6625
Install update from vendor's website.
phpmyadmin (Alpine package) - update to 4.4.15.8-r0