#VU33356 Cross-site request forgery in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2016-9866 

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#VU33356 Cross-site request forgery in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2016-9866

Published: December 11, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33356
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9866
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
phpMyAdmin
Software vendor:
phpMyAdmin

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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