Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting phpmyadmin package, versions <4:4.5.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-PHPMYADMIN-418181
  • published20 Feb 2016
  • disclosed20 Feb 2016

Introduced: 20 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-2040  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 phpmyadmin to version 4:4.5.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) table name, (2) SET value, (3) search query, or (4) hostname in a Location header.