CVE-2016-9865

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 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-254

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Due to a bug in serialized string parsing, it was possible to bypass the protection offered by PMA_safeUnserialize() function. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.

Affected products

phpMyAdmin: 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4.1 (+57)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94531
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-70
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94531
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-70

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