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)

EPSS: 0.013 (67.0th 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, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

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.