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CVE-2016-9866

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% 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-352

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. When the arg_separator is different from its default & value, the CSRF token was not properly stripped from the return URL of the preference import action. 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: 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.6.3, 4.6.4, 4.4.0 (+57)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94536
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
• https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-71
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94536
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
• https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-71

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