# CVE-2016-2043: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via table names in phpMyAdmin, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 Feb 2016
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2043, GHSA-f8wg-85r4-g3g3, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2043

## What is CVE-2016-2043?

CVE-2016-2043 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

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the goToFinish1NF function in js/normalization.js in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3 and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a table name to the normalization page.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2043?

It affects 4 products.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2016-2043?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2016-2043 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2043 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora

- [CVE-2024-4577](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4577/): PHP-CGI OS Command Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2021-39226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-39226/): Grafana Authentication Bypass (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-5544](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5544/): VMware ESXi and Horizon DaaS OpenSLP Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-4947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4947/): Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-4671](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4671/): Google Chromium Visuals Use-After-Free (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-2043 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-2043 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2043 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2043/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2043/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2043
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2043
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2043

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2043/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.