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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2016-6608)

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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2016-6608)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/04/2017
Modified
10/16/2019

Description

XSS issues were discovered in phpMyAdmin. This affects the database privilege check and the "Remove partitioning" functionality. Specially crafted database names can trigger the XSS attack. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) are affected.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest

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