XSS in Phpmyadmin

CVE-2016-5733

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) a crafted table name that is mishandled during privilege checking in table_row.phtml, (2) a crafted mysqld log_bin directive that is mishandled in log_selector.phtml, (3) the Transformation implementation, (4) AJAX error handling in js/ajax.js, (5) the Designer implementation, (6) the charts implementation in js/tbl_chart.js, or (7) the zoom-search implementation in rows_zoom.phtml.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.022 (80.5th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5733?
CVE-2016-5733 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-2016-5733?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.