Name: CVE-2016-6617: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-6617, CWE-89, CVSS 8.1, EPSS 0.01506

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A specially crafted database and/or table name can be used to trigger an SQL injection attack through the export functionality. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) are affected.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade phpmyadmin	Aug 30, 2017	Dec 11, 2016
Debian	—	Upgrade phpmyadmin	Jul 30, 2024	Dec 11, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade phpMyAdmin	Dec 10, 2025	Aug 17, 2016
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-db/phpmyadmin.	Oct 30, 2017	Dec 10, 2016
Phpmyadmin	—	Upgrade phpMyAdmin to the latest version	May 4, 2017	Dec 11, 2016
Suse	—	Upgrade phpmyadmin	Nov 3, 2016	Aug 29, 2016

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CVSS Details

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