What is CVE-2016-6629?

CVE-2016-6629 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-6629?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Phpmyadmin

CVE-2016-6629

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the $cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp'] configuration directive. An attacker could reuse certain cookie values in a way of bypassing the servers defined by ArbitraryServerRegexp. All 4.6.x versions…

EPSS: 0.032 (86.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Phpmyadmin — versions 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-254

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6629?: CVE-2016-6629 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Phpmyadmin, classified under CWE-254. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-6629?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.