CVE-2016-2040 phpMyAdmin XSS Vulnerability

What is CVE-2016-2040?

CVE-2016-2040 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 20 Feb 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities 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 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) table name, (2) SET value, (3) search query, or (4) hostname in a Location header.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2040?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. It affects 4 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2040?

Upgrade phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to a fixed version for your release line: 4.0.10.13, 4.4.15.3 or 4.5.4.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2016-2040 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2040 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2040, GHSA-pw34-qf6c-84fc, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2040.