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CVE-2016-2038

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2038 is a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability affecting phpMyAdmin versions 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4, as well as fedoraproject and opensuse. This flaw allows remote attackers to reveal the full path of the application in an error message through a specially crafted request. Rated as medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.3, it has a low impact on confidentiality, requiring no privileges or user interaction for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0256 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/447c88f4884fe30a25d38c331c31d820a19f8c93
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/5aee5035646c4fc617564cb0d3d58c0435d64d81
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/76b10187c38634a29d6780f99f6dcd796191073b
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/85ccdbb5b9c6c7a9830e5cb468662837a59a7aa3
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d4b9c22c1f8465bda5b6a83dc7e2cf59c3fe44e1
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/f83b52737e321005959497d8e8f59f8aaedc9048
Patch
phpmyadmin.net / home_page/security/PMASA-2016-1.php
PatchVendor Advisory