6.8

CVE-2016-6614: phpmyadmin Path Traversal

CVSS: 6.8v3.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-6614UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6614DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6614
Published 11-12-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6614 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Path Traversal vulnerability in phpmyadmin. EPSS estimates a 2.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.35%
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-1415-1DLA-626-1MGASA-2016-0291OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10054-1

Timeline

  1. 11-12-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the %u username replacement functionality of the SaveDir and UploadDir features. When the username substitution is configured, a specially-crafted user name can be used to circumvent restrictions to traverse the file system. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.35% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.35%

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 | 4.6.1 | 4.6.2 | 4.6.3 | 4.0.0 | 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 | 4.0.10.16 | 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 | 4.4.15.5 | 4.4.15.6 | 4.4.15.7
Ubuntu1 product
  • phpmyadminAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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