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SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-jfmj-27fp-qp67)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434479

Description

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

 - XSS issues were discovered in phpMyAdmin. This affects the database privilege check and the "Remove
 partitioning" functionality. Specially crafted database names can trigger the XSS attack. All 4.6.x
 versions (prior to 4.6.4) are affected. (CVE-2016-6608)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jfmj-27fp-qp67

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434479

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.3

Percentile: 8.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6608

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/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: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6608

BID: 93258

cwe: CWE-79