The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an     unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the     full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export     functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the     export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.
    This CVE is for the PMA_shutdownDuringExport issue. (CVE-2016-9855)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-32 (phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A authenticated remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to       execute arbitrary PHP Code, inject SQL code, or to conduct Cross-Site       Scripting attacks.
    In certain configurations, an unauthenticated remote attacker could       cause a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

According to its self-reported version, the phpMyAdmin application hosted on the remote web server is 4.0.x prior to 4.0.10.18, 4.4.x prior to 4.4.15.9, or 4.6.x prior to 4.6.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. When the user does not specify a blowfish_secret key for encrypting     cookies, phpMyAdmin generates one at runtime. A vulnerability was reported where the way this value is     created uses a weak algorithm. This could allow an attacker to determine the user's blowfish_secret and     potentially decrypt their cookies. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to     4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9847)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. phpinfo (phpinfo.php) shows PHP information including values of     HttpOnly cookies. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x     versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9848)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction     ($cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']) and deny rules for username by using Null Byte in the username. All     4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to     4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9849)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Username matching for the allow/deny rules may result in wrong     matches and detection of the username in the rule due to non-constant execution time. All 4.6.x versions     (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are     affected. (CVE-2016-9850)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted request parameter value it is possible to bypass the     logout timeout. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.
    (CVE-2016-9851)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an     unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the     full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export     functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the     export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.
    This CVE is for the curl wrapper issue. (CVE-2016-9852)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an     unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the     full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export     functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the     export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.
    This CVE is for the fopen wrapper issue. (CVE-2016-9853)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an     unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the     full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export     functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the     export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.
    This CVE is for the json_decode issue. (CVE-2016-9854)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an     unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the     full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export     functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the     export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.
    This CVE is for the PMA_shutdownDuringExport issue. (CVE-2016-9855)

  - An XSS issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin because of an improper fix for CVE-2016-2559 in PMASA-2016-10.
    This issue is resolved by using a copy of a hash to avoid a race condition. All 4.6.x versions (prior to     4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.
    (CVE-2016-9856)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. XSS is possible because of a weakness in a regular expression used     in some JavaScript processing. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9),     and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9857)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted request parameter value it is possible to initiate a     denial of service attack in saved searches feature. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions     (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9858)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted request parameter value it is possible to initiate a     denial of service attack in import feature. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to     4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9859)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user can execute a denial of service attack when     phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x     versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9860)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Due to the limitation in URL matching, it was possible to bypass     the URL white-list protection. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9),     and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9861)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted login request it is possible to inject BBCode in the     login page. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected. (CVE-2016-9862)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a very large request to table partitioning function, it is     possible to invoke a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.
    (CVE-2016-9863)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted username or a table name, it was possible to inject     SQL statements in the tracking functionality that would run with the privileges of the control user. This     gives read and write access to the tables of the configuration storage database, and if the control user     has the necessary privileges, read access to some tables of the MySQL database. All 4.6.x versions (prior     to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.
    (CVE-2016-9864)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Due to a bug in serialized string parsing, it was possible to     bypass the protection offered by PMA_safeUnserialize() function. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5),     4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9865)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. When the arg_separator is different from its default & value, the     CSRF token was not properly stripped from the return URL of the preference import action. All 4.6.x     versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are     affected. (CVE-2016-9866)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Versions of phpMyAdmin 4.4.15.x prior to 4.4.15.9, and 4.6.x prior to 4.6.5 are unpatched, and therefore affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - A flaw exists in 'libraries/VersionInformation.php' related to false values being passed to the 'json_decode()' method.  This may allow an authenticated, remote attacker to disclose the software's installation path.  While such information is relatively low risk, it is often useful in carrying out additional, more focused attacks.
 - A flaw exists related to export timeouts in the 'PMA_shutdownDuringExport()' function in 'libraries/export.lib.php'.  This may allow an authenticated, remote attacker to disclose the software's installation path.  While such information is relatively low risk, it is often useful in carrying out additional, more focused attacks.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
254570	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-9855	Nessus	Misc.	8/25/2025	8/25/2025	medium
96426	GLSA-201701-32 : phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	1/12/2017	1/11/2021	critical
143532	phpMyAdmin 4.0.x < 4.0.10.18 / 4.4.x < 4.4.15.9 / 4.6.x < 4.6.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	CGI abuses	12/7/2020	11/22/2024	critical
9856	phpMyAdmin 4.4.15.x < 4.4.15.9 / 4.6.x < 4.6.5 Multiple Information Disclosure	Nessus Network Monitor	CGI	1/9/2017	3/6/2019	medium

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