6.1

CVE-2016-2560: phpmyadmin Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2560DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2560
Published 01-03-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2560 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in phpmyadmin. EPSS estimates a 2.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.71%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1
DLA-481-1DSA-3627-1MGASA-2016-0092OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10054-1

Timeline

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

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.15, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.5, and 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) a crafted Host HTTP header, related to libraries/Config.class.php; (2) crafted JSON data, related to file_echo.php; (3) a crafted SQL query, related to js/functions.js; (4) the initial parameter to libraries/server_privileges.lib.php in the user accounts page; or (5) the it parameter to libraries/controllers/TableSearchController.class.php in the zoom search page.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.71%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.71% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.71%

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
  • phpmyadminEOL4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.4.1 | 4.0.4.2 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.7 | 4.0.8 | 4.0.9 | 4.0.10 | 4.0.10.1 | 4.0.10.2 | 4.0.10.3 | 4.0.10.4 | 4.0.10.5 | 4.0.10.6 | 4.0.10.7 | 4.0.10.8 | 4.0.10.9 | 4.0.10.10 | 4.0.10.11 | 4.0.10.12 | 4.0.10.13 | 4.0.10.14 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.1 | 4.4.1.1 | 4.4.2 | 4.4.3 | 4.4.4 | 4.4.5 | 4.4.6 | 4.4.6.1 | 4.4.7 | 4.4.8 | 4.4.9 | 4.4.10 | 4.4.12 | 4.4.13 | 4.4.13.1 | 4.4.14 | 4.4.14.1 | 4.4.15 | 4.4.15.1 | 4.4.15.2 | 4.4.15.3 | 4.4.15.4 | 4.5.0 | 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

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