CVE-2016-6608

Publication date 11 December 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.1 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
phpmyadmin 16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected

Notes

ratliff

introduced in 4.6.0alpha https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/afc8aab04f7c09ea44b04806b426522e5ca830ee

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.1 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N