6.1

CVE-2016-6608: phpmyadmin Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-6608DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6608
Published 11-12-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6608 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in phpmyadmin. EPSS estimates a 1.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.7% 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
1.28%
0%100%
Low · -0.12 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. 11-12-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

XSS issues were discovered in phpMyAdmin. This affects the database privilege check and the "Remove partitioning" functionality. Specially crafted database names can trigger the XSS attack. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) are affected.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

70%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.12 pp

From 1.40% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.28%

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

Alpine1 product
  • phpmyadmin< 4.4.15.8-r0
Debian1 product
  • phpmyadmin< 4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1
Phpmyadmin1 product
  • phpmyadminEOL4.6.0 | 4.6.0:alpha1 | 4.6.0:rc1 | 4.6.0:rc2 | 4.6.1 | 4.6.2 | 4.6.3

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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