CVE-2016-2559
MEDIUM5.4EPSS 0.27%phpMyAdmin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SQL parser
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 5/7/2026
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the format function in libraries/sql-parser/src/Utils/Error.php in the SQL parser in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted query.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/phpmyadminfrom 0, < 4:4.5.5.1-1
- Packagist/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin>= 4.5, < 4.5.5.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
References (7)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2559
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2559
- PATCHhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/composer
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html
- WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/3a6a9a807d99371ee126635e1a505fc1fe0df32c
- WEBhttps://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-10