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CVE-2016-5705 Detail

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7 and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) server-privileges certificate data fields on the user privileges page, (2) an "invalid JSON" error message in the error console, (3) a database name in the central columns implementation, (4) a group name, or (5) a search name in the bookmarks implementation.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00113.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00114.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91378 CVE, MITRE
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/03f73d48369703e0d3584699b08e24891c3295b8 CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/0b7416c5f4439ed3f11c023785f2d4c49a1b09fc CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/364732e309cccb3fb56c938ed8d8bc0e04a3ca98 CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/36df83a97a7f140fdb008b727a94f882847c6a6f CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/57ae483bad33059a885366d5445b7e1f6f29860a CVE, MITRE Patch 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32 CVE, MITRE
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-21/ CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5705
NVD Published Date:
07/02/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE