CVE-2016-6609

high

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A specially crafted database name could be used to run arbitrary PHP commands through the array export feature. 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.

References

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-32

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94112

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-12-11

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00442