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CVE-2016-6629

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.2% 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-254

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the $cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp'] configuration directive. An attacker could reuse certain cookie values in a way of bypassing the servers defined by ArbitraryServerRegexp. 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: 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.0.0, 4.0.1 (+54)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92493
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
• https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-52
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92493
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
• https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-52

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