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SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-wpww-hx7x-xfjh)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 431795

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2016-6609)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wpww-hx7x-xfjh

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 431795

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6609

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6609

BID: 94112

cwe: CWE-77