# CVE-2016-5733: phpMyAdmin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

> Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script or HTML into phpMyAdmin via various vectors, potentially leading to session hijacking or malicious actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 3 Jul 2016
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5733, GHSA-cr65-p662-fx5c, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5733

## What is CVE-2016-5733?

CVE-2016-5733 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 3 Jul 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) a crafted table name that is mishandled during privilege checking in table_row.phtml, (2) a crafted mysqld log_bin directive that is mishandled in log_selector.phtml, (3) the Transformation implementation, (4) AJAX error handling in js/ajax.js, (5) the Designer implementation, (6) the charts implementation in js/tbl_chart.js, or (7) the zoom-search implementation in rows_zoom.phtml.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5733?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. It affects 3 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin` | Packagist | From 4.0.10.0 | 4.0.10.16 |
| `phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin` | Packagist | From 4.0.10.0 | 4.0.10.16 |
| `phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin` | Packagist | From 4.4.15.0 | 4.4.15.7 |
| `phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin` | Packagist | From 4.4.15.0 | 4.4.15.7 |
| `phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin` | Packagist | From 4.6.0 | 4.6.3 |
| `phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin` | Packagist | From 4.6.0 | 4.6.3 |

Products: Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-5733?

Upgrade phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to a fixed version for your release line: 4.0.10.16, 4.4.15.7 or 4.6.3.

## Is CVE-2016-5733 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5733 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap

- [CVE-2015-4902](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4902/): Oracle Java SE Integrity Check (medium 5.3, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-14804](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-14804/): package builds could use directory traversal to write outside of target area (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2019-20787](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-20787/): Teeworlds before 0.7.4 has an integer overflow when computing a tilemap size. (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-8341](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-8341/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-6438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6438/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-5733 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-5733 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 3 Jul 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5733 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): affected from 4.0.10.0; fixed in 4.0.10.16
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): affected from 4.0.10.0; fixed in 4.0.10.16
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): affected from 4.4.15.0; fixed in 4.4.15.7
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): affected from 4.4.15.0; fixed in 4.4.15.7
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): affected from 4.6.0; fixed in 4.6.3
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): affected from 4.6.0; fixed in 4.6.3

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-2016-5733/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5733/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5733
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5733
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5733

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-5733/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.