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)

EPSS: 0.016 (72.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

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

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.