Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting libphp-adodb package, versions <5.20.6-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBPHPADODB-307455
  • published12 May 2017
  • disclosed12 May 2017

Introduced: 12 May 2017

CVE-2016-4855  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 libphp-adodb to version 5.20.6-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libphp-adodb package and not the libphp-adodb package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in ADOdb versions prior to 5.20.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.