vulnerability
phpMyAdmin: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor (CVE-2016-6627)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Dec 11, 2016 | May 4, 2017 | May 21, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Dec 11, 2016
Added
May 4, 2017
Modified
May 21, 2026
Description
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An attacker can determine the phpMyAdmin host location through the file url.php. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.
Solution
phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2016-6627
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-6627
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92494
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-50
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-7536
- CWE-200
- EUVD-EUVD-2016-7536
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