Information Exposure Through an Error Message Affecting phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin package, versions >=4.0.0, <4.0.10.17>=4.4.0, <4.4.15.8>=4.6.0, <4.6.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-PHPMYADMINPHPMYADMIN-6673890
  • published25 Apr 2024
  • disclosed17 May 2022
  • creditEmanuel Bronshtein

Introduced: 17 May 2022

CVE-2016-6613  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to version 4.0.10.17, 4.4.15.8, 4.6.4 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure Through an Error Message due to the improper handling of symbolic links in the UploadDir feature. An attacker can gain access to files that phpMyAdmin is allowed to read but the attacker is not, by crafting a symbolic link to such a file. This exposure occurs when the symbolic link points to a restricted file, effectively bypassing the intended file access restrictions.