9.8

CVE-2016-9849: phpmyadmin

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-9849UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9849DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9849
Published 11-12-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9849 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in phpmyadmin. EPSS estimates a 2.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.67%
0%100%
Low · +0.71 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Duplicates 1 · Related 2
DLA-1821-1DLA-757-1MGASA-2016-0416OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10054-1USN-4843-1CVE-2016-1000362

Timeline

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

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction ($cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']) and deny rules for username by using Null Byte in the username. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.67%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.71 pp

From 1.96% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.67%

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< 4.4.15.9-r0 | < 4.6.5.2-r0
Debian1 product
  • phpmyadmin< 4:4.6.5.1-1
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 | 4.0.10.15 | 4.0.10.16 | 4.0.10.17 | 4.6.0 | 4.6.1 | 4.6.2 | 4.6.3 | 4.6.4 | 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 | 4.4.15.8
Ubuntu1 product
  • phpmyadmin< 4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm3 | < 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm5

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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