Security Features in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2016-6628
Published: December 11, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33625
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6628
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 read and manipulate data.
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An attacker may be able to trigger a user to download a specially crafted malicious SVG file. 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-2016-6628
Install update from vendor's website.
phpmyadmin (Alpine package) - update to 4.4.15.8-r0