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)

EPSS: 0.024 (82.2th 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 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.1.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.