CVE-2016-6607

Description

XSS issues were discovered in phpMyAdmin. This affects Zoom search (specially crafted column content can be used to trigger an XSS attack); GIS editor (certain fields in the graphical GIS editor are not properly escaped and can be used to trigger an XSS attack); Relation view; the following Transformations: Formatted, Imagelink, JPEG: Upload, RegexValidation, JPEG inline, PNG inline, and transformation wrapper; XML export; MediaWiki export; Designer; When the MySQL server is running with a specially-crafted log_bin directive; Database tab; Replication feature; and Database search. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.

Category

6.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.58%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory phpmyadmin.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93257 vdb entry
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-30 patch vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32 vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-6607?
CVE-2016-6607 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-6607?
To fix CVE-2016-6607, 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-2016-6607 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-6607 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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