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phpMyAdmin: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') (CVE-2016-5734)

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phpMyAdmin: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') (CVE-2016-5734)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/02/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/04/2017
Modified
10/16/2019

Description

phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 does not properly choose delimiters to prevent use of the preg_replace e (aka eval) modifier, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted string, as demonstrated by the table search-and-replace implementation.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest

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