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CVE-2016-7405

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7405 describes a critical SQL injection vulnerability in the ADOdb Library for PHP, specifically affecting versions prior to 5.20.7, due to incorrect quoting in the qstr method of the PDO driver. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and significant community discussion (10 mentions, top 1%), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adodb_project:adodb:5.00:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adodb_project:adodb:5.01:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adodb_project:adodb:5.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adodb_project:adodb:5.02:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:adodb_project:adodb:5.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0298 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: adodb/adodb-phpFixed in: 5.20.7
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-3fj4-q72x-x2g9critical

ADOdb Library SQL Injection

May 17, 2022

References

github.com / ADOdb/ADOdb/blob/v5.20.7/docs/changelog.md
PatchRelease NotesVendor Advisory
github.com / ADOdb/ADOdb/commit/bd9eca9f40220f9918ec3cc7ae9ef422b3e448b8
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/226
Patch
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LT3WU77BRUJREZUYQ3ZQBMUIVIVIND4Y
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-59
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/8
PatchRelease Notes
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/1
PatchRelease Notes
securityfocus.com / bid/92969
Third Party Advisory