VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-9847

medium
Published 2016-12-11 · Modified 2024-11-30
CVSS v3
5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
5.3

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. When the user does not specify a blowfish_secret key for encrypting cookies, phpMyAdmin generates one at runtime. A vulnerability was reported where the way this value is created uses a weak algorithm. This could allow an attacker to determine the user's blowfish_secret and potentially decrypt their cookies. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
63%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9847

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-58

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4:4.6.5.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4:4.6.5.1-1
debian debiansidfixed4:4.6.5.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4:4.6.5.1-1

Package impact
EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
php Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin>=4.6,<4.6.54.6.5
php Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin>=4.4,<4.4.15.94.4.15.9
php Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin>=4.0,<4.0.10.184.0.10.18

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.6.0
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.6.1
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.6.2
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.6.3
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.6.4
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.0
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.1
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.2
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.3
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.4
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.4.1
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.4.2
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.5
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.6
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.7
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.8
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.9
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.1
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.2
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.3
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.4
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.5
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.6
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.7
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.8
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.9
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.10
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.11
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.12
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.13
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.14
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.15
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.16
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.0.10.17
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.0
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.1
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.1.1
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.2
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.3
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.4
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.5
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.6
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.6.1
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.7
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.8
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.9
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.10
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.11
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.12
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.13
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.13.1
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.14
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.14.1
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.15
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.15.1
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.15.2
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.15.3
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.15.4
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.15.5
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.15.6
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.15.7
phpmyadminphpmyadmin4.4.15.8

References

CWEs

CWE-310

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.