5.3

CVE-2016-9854: phpmyadmin

CVSS: 5.3v3.0MediumModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2016-9854UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9854DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9854
Published 11-12-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
Open JSON

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-9854 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in phpmyadmin. EPSS estimates a 2.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.16%
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 2 · Related 1
MGASA-2016-0416OPENSUSE-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. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected. This CVE is for the json_decode issue.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.16% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.16%

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
  • phpmyadminEOL4.4.0 | 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 | 4.6.0 | 4.6.1 | 4.6.2 | 4.6.3 | 4.6.4
Ubuntu1 product
  • phpmyadminAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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