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SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-mhxj-6vf8-mwv3)
medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434897
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving improper enforcement of the IP-based authentication rules.
When phpMyAdmin is used with IPv6 in a proxy server environment, and the proxy server is in the allowed
range but the attacking computer is not allowed, this vulnerability can allow the attacking computer to
connect despite the IP rules. 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-2016-6624)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 434897
Version: Revision 1.3
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 8/20/2025
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: 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-2016-6624
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: 5/17/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-6624
BID: 92489