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Session Fixation Affecting phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin package, versions >=4.4.0, <4.4.15.9 >=4.6.0, <4.6.5

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.27% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-PHPMYADMINPHPMYADMIN-6673889
  • published 25 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 17 May 2022
  • credit Emanuel Bronshtein
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Introduced: 17 May 2022

CVE-2016-9851 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-384 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to version 4.4.15.9, 4.6.5 or higher.

Overview

phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin is a web interface for MySQL and MariaDB.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Session Fixation due to a crafted request parameter value, it is possible to bypass the logout timeout mechanism. An attacker can remain logged in and possibly conduct further malicious activities without being automatically logged out as expected.