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CVE-2016-6608

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-12-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

• phpMyAdmin: 4.6.0, 4.6.0-alpha1, 4.6.0-rc1, 4.6.0-rc2, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 (+1)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93258
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
• https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-31
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93258
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
• https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-31

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