XSS in phpMyAdmin
CVE-2016-2561
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.5 and 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) normalization.php or (2) js/normalization.js in the database normalization page, (3) templates/database/structure/sortable_header.phtml in the database structure page, or (4) the pos parameter to db_central_columns.php in the central columns page.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 83.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- phpMyAdmin — versions 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.1.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/bcd4ce8cba1272fca52f2331c08f2e3ac19cbbef (Patch)
- www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-12/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/f33a42f1da9db943a67bda7d29f7dd91957a8e7e (Patch)
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627 (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/746240bd13b62b5956fc34389cfbdc09e1e67775 (Patch)
- github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/37c34d089aa19f30d11203bb0c7f85b486424372 (Patch)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/cc55f44a4a90147a007dee1aefa1cb529e23798b (Patch)
- github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/983faa94f161df3623ecd371d3696a1b3f91c15f (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-2561?
- CVE-2016-2561 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-2016-2561?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.