SB2016121115 - Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin
Published: December 11, 2016 Updated: August 4, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016121115
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9857)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. XSS is possible because of a weakness in a regular expression used in some JavaScript processing. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.