What is CVE-2016-5704?

CVE-2016-5704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-5704?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Phpmyadmin

CVE-2016-5704

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the table-structure page in phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a comment.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.016 (74.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Phpmyadmin — versions 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5704?: CVE-2016-5704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-5704?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.