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CVE-2016-2040 Detail

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) table name, (2) SET value, (3) search query, or (4) hostname in a Location header.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.4 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-3.php Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/75a55824012406a08c4debf5ddb7ae41c32a7dbc Patch 
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/aca42efa01917cc0fe8cfdb2927a6399ca1742f2 Patch 
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/edffb52884b09562490081c3b8666ef46c296418 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-2040
NVD Published Date:
02/19/2016
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018
Source:
MITRE