What is CVE-2016-9862?

CVE-2016-9862 is a high-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-9862?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

RCE in phpMyAdmin

CVE-2016-9862

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted login request it is possible to inject BBCode in the login page. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

phpMyAdmin — versions 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/94528 (vdb-entry)
www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-67 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9862?: CVE-2016-9862 is a high-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-9862?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.