CVE-2016-2559
medium
CVSS v3
5.4
CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
5.4
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the format function in libraries/sql-parser/src/Utils/Error.php in the SQL parser in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted query.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
64%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2559
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-10/
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4:4.5.5.1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4:4.5.5.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4:4.5.5.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4:4.5.5.1-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin | >=4.5,<4.5.5.1 | 4.5.5.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 4.5.0 | |
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 4.5.0.1 | |
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 4.5.0.2 | |
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 4.5.1 | |
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 4.5.2 | |
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 4.5.3 | |
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 4.5.3.1 | |
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 4.5.4 | |
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 4.5.4.1 | |
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin | 4.5.5 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/3a6a9a807d99371ee126635e1a505fc1fe0df32c
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-10/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2559
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/composer
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-10
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2559
CWEs
CWE-79
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.