5.4

CVE-2016-2561: phpmyadmin Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 5.4v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2561DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2561
Published 01-03-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2561 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in phpmyadmin. EPSS estimates a 2.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.3% 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
2.48%
0%100%
Low · +0.09 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DSA-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 4.4.x before 4.4.15.5 and 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) normalization.php or (2) js/normalization.js in the database normalization page, (3) templates/database/structure/sortable_header.phtml in the database structure page, or (4) the pos parameter to db_central_columns.php in the central columns page.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

84%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.09 pp

From 2.39% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.48%

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
  • phpmyadminEOL4.4.0 | 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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