CVE-2016-1927

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-02-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-254

Description

The suggestPassword function in js/functions.js in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 relies on the Math.random JavaScript function, which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess passwords via a brute-force approach.

Affected products

phpMyAdmin: 4.0.0, 4.0.0-rc2, 4.0.0-rc3, 4.0.1, 4.0.10, 4.0.10.1 (+39)

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-4.php
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8dedcc1a175eb07debd4fe116407c43694c60b22
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/912856b432d794201884c36e5f390d446339b6e4
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.html

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