CVE-2016-6609

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% 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-77

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A specially crafted database name could be used to run arbitrary PHP commands through the array export feature. 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.

Affected products

phpMyAdmin: 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.1.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4 (+54)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94112
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-32
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94112
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-32

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