SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-2p7v-jm8m-g3qq)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432435

Description

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

- The Transformation implementation in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x
before 4.6.3 does not use the no-referrer Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism, which makes
it easier for remote attackers to conduct CSRF attacks by reading an authentication token in a Referer
header, related to libraries/Header.php. (CVE-2016-5739)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432435

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/8/2025

Updated: 8/8/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5739

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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: 6/23/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5739

BID: 91389

cwe: CWE-200

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