CVE-2016-5705
phpMyAdmin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.60%
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7 and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) server-privileges certificate data fields on the user privileges page, (2) an "invalid JSON" error message in the error console, (3) a database name in the central columns implementation, (4) a group name, or (5) a search name in the bookmarks implementation.
How to fix CVE-2016-5705
To remediate CVE-2016-5705, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 4:4.6.3-1 or later
- —upgrade to 4.4.15.7 or later
Is CVE-2016-5705 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4:4.6.3-1
- >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.15.7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |