Input validation error in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2017-1000016
Published: July 17, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38708
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000016
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
A weakness was discovered where an attacker can inject arbitrary values in to the browser cookies. This is a re-issue of an incomplete fix from PMASA-2016-18.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-1000016
Install update from vendor's website.