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phpMyAdmin: Security Features (CVE-2016-6629)

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phpMyAdmin: Security Features (CVE-2016-6629)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/04/2017
Modified
03/07/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the $cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp'] configuration directive. An attacker could reuse certain cookie values in a way of bypassing the servers defined by ArbitraryServerRegexp. 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(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest

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