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phpMyAdmin: Information Exposure (CVE-2016-5097)

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phpMyAdmin: Information Exposure (CVE-2016-5097)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/05/2016
Created
10/23/2019
Added
10/16/2019
Modified
03/07/2024

Description

phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2 places tokens in query strings and does not arrange for them to be stripped before external navigation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading (1) HTTP requests or (2) server logs.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest

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