What is CVE-2017-1000015?

CVE-2017-1000015 is a medium-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000015?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in phpMyAdmin

CVE-2017-1000015

phpMyAdmin 4.0, 4.4, and 4.6 are vulnerable to a CSS injection attack through crafted cookie parameters

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2017-07-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

phpMyAdmin — versions 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95726 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2017-4 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000015?: CVE-2017-1000015 is a medium-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000015?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.