CVE-2016-5732

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the partition-range implementation in templates/table/structure/display_partitions.phtml in the table-structure page in phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted table parameters.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.22%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory phpmyadmin.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-25/ patch vendor advisory
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/0815af37f483f329f0c0565d68821fea9c47b5f5 patch
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/792cd1262f012b9b13639519d414f2acaeb5e972 patch
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-5732?
CVE-2016-5732 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-5732?
To fix CVE-2016-5732, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-5732 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-5732 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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