Arbitrary Code Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package phpmyadmin  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1704-PHPMYADMIN-619028
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed11 Dec 2016

Introduced: 11 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9862  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream phpmyadmin package and not the phpmyadmin package as distributed by Ubuntu.

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted login request it is possible to inject BBCode in the login page. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.