VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-9856

CVSS score6.1 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-12-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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