Security Features in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2016-6628

 

Security Features in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2016-6628

Published: December 11, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33625
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6628
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-6628

Install update from vendor's website.

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