What is CVE-2016-6617?

CVE-2016-6617 is a high-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-6617?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

SQL Injection in phpMyAdmin

CVE-2016-6617

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A specially crafted database and/or table name can be used to trigger an SQL injection attack through the export functionality. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) are affected.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

phpMyAdmin — versions 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-40 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95044 (vdb-entry)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6617?: CVE-2016-6617 is a high-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-6617?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.