What is CVE-2016-6612?

CVE-2016-6612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-6612?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in phpMyAdmin

CVE-2016-6612

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can exploit the LOAD LOCAL INFILE functionality to expose files on the server to the database system. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: +0.000

Affected products

phpMyAdmin — versions 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-35 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94113 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32 (vendor-advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6612?: CVE-2016-6612 is a medium-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-6612?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.