CVE-2016-6608 phpMyAdmin Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

What is CVE-2016-6608?

CVE-2016-6608 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 11 Dec 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

XSS issues were discovered in phpMyAdmin. This affects the database privilege check and the "Remove partitioning" functionality. Specially crafted database names can trigger the XSS attack. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) are affected.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6608?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. It affects 1 product.

Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6608?

Upgrade phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to 4.6.4 or later.

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-2016-6608 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6608 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin

• CVE-2008-7251 Misconfiguration in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2008-7252 phpMyAdmin unsafely handles temporary files Critical 10.0
• CVE-2007-0203 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-1147 Command injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2020-22452 phpmyadmin contains SQL Injection vulnerability Critical 9.8

All Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-6608, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6608, GHSA-jfmj-27fp-qp67.