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phpMyAdmin: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2016-5098)

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phpMyAdmin: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2016-5098)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/04/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/02/2017
Modified
10/16/2019

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest

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