CVE-2016-5739
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.92%phpMyAdmin vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 5/7/2026
Description
The Transformation implementation in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 does not use the no-referrer Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct CSRF attacks by reading an authentication token in a Referer header, related to libraries/Header.php.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/phpmyadminfrom 0, < 4:4.6.3-1
- Packagist/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin>= 4.0.10.0, < 4.0.10.16
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (11)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5739
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5739
- PATCHhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00113.html
- WEBhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00114.html
- WEBhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1e5716cb96d46efc305381ae0da08e73fe340f05
- WEBhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/2f4950828ec241e8cbdcf13090c2582a6fa620cb
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200227223419/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91389
- WEBhttps://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-28
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627