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SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-8m97-xc46-rw9w)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434558

Description

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

 - libraries/common.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before
 4.5.4 does not use a constant-time algorithm for comparing CSRF tokens, which makes it easier for remote
 attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by measuring time differences. (CVE-2016-2041)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8m97-xc46-rw9w

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434558

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 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:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2041

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:N/I:H/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: 1/24/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2041

BID: 82084

cwe: CWE-203