9.8

CVE-2016-5734: phpmyadmin Code Injection

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5734DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5734
Published 03-07-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-5734 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Code Injection vulnerability in phpmyadmin. EPSS estimates a 81.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
81.37%
0%100%
Critical · +4.73 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2metasploit, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

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

Timeline

  1. 03-07-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 does not properly choose delimiters to prevent use of the preg_replace e (aka eval) modifier, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted string, as demonstrated by the table search-and-replace implementation.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

81.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

100%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+4.73 pp

From 76.64% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
81.37%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteVerified

    phpMyAdmin Authenticated Remote Code Execution

    exploit/multi/http/phpmyadmin_null_termination_exec

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databasephpUnverified

    phpMyAdmin 4.6.2 - (Authenticated) Remote Code Execution

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • phpmyadmin< 4:4.6.3-1
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 | 4.0.10.15 | 4.6.0 | 4.6.0:alpha1 | 4.6.0:rc1 | 4.6.0:rc2 | 4.6.1 | 4.6.2 | 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 | 4.4.14.1 | 4.4.15 | 4.4.15.1 | 4.4.15.2 | 4.4.15.3 | 4.4.15.4 | 4.4.15.5 | 4.4.15.6
Ubuntu1 product
  • phpmyadminAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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