5.4

CVE-2016-2559: phpmyadmin Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.4v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2559DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2559
Published 01-03-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2559 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in phpmyadmin. EPSS estimates a 1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.71%
0%100%
Low · -0.21 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10054-1

Timeline

  1. 01-03-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the format function in libraries/sql-parser/src/Utils/Error.php in the SQL parser in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted query.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.21 pp

From 1.93% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.71%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • phpmyadmin< 4:4.5.5.1-1
Phpmyadmin1 product
  • phpmyadminEOL4.5.0 | 4.5.0:beta1 | 4.5.0:beta2 | 4.5.0:rc1 | 4.5.0.1 | 4.5.0.2 | 4.5.1 | 4.5.2 | 4.5.3 | 4.5.3.1 | 4.5.4 | 4.5.4.1 | 4.5.5
Ubuntu1 product
  • phpmyadminAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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