What is CVE-2017-1000016?

CVE-2017-1000016 is a high-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2017-1000016?

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

Improper input validation in phpMyAdmin

CVE-2017-1000016

A weakness was discovered where an attacker can inject arbitrary values in to the browser cookies. This is a re-issue of an incomplete fix from PMASA-2016-18.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-07-17 · 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: 0.011 (64.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 64.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

phpMyAdmin — versions 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2017-5 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-1000016?: CVE-2017-1000016 is a high-severity vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2017-1000016?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.