vulnerability
phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (CVE-2016-2043)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Feb 20, 2016 | Oct 16, 2019 | May 21, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Feb 20, 2016
Added
Oct 16, 2019
Modified
May 21, 2026
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the goToFinish1NF function in js/normalization.js in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3 and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a table name to the normalization page.
Solution
phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2016-2043
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-2043
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.html
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-7.php
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/019c4f25d500ec5db9ba3b84cc961a7e4e850738
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-3149
- CWE-79
- EUVD-EUVD-2016-3149
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