What is CVE-2016-6608?

CVE-2016-6608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-6608?

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

XSS in phpMyAdmin

CVE-2016-6608

XSS issues were discovered in phpMyAdmin. This affects the database privilege check and the "Remove partitioning" functionality. Specially crafted database names can trigger the XSS attack. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) are affected.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2016-12-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (68.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 68.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

phpMyAdmin — versions 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-31 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93258 (vdb-entry)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6608?: CVE-2016-6608 is a medium-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2016-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-6608?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.