What is CVE-2016-2559?

CVE-2016-2559 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2016-2559?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Phpmyadmin

CVE-2016-2559

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the format function in libraries/sql-parser/src/Utils/Error.php in the SQL parser in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted query.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.017 (75.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Phpmyadmin — versions 4.5.0, 4.5.0.1, 4.5.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2559?: CVE-2016-2559 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2016-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2016-2559?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.