Name: CVE-2016-2559: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-03-01T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-2559, CWE-79, CVSS 5.4, EPSS 0.00278

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the format function in libraries/sql-parser/src/Utils/Error.php in the SQL parser in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted query.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.4
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade phpmyadmin	Aug 30, 2017	Mar 1, 2016
Debian	—	Upgrade phpmyadmin	Jul 30, 2024	Mar 1, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade phpMyAdmin	Dec 10, 2025	Mar 1, 2016
Phpmyadmin	—	Upgrade phpMyAdmin to the latest version	May 4, 2017	Mar 1, 2016
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Mar 1, 2016

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CVSS Details

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