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CVE-2016-2042

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2042 is a path disclosure vulnerability affecting phpMyAdmin versions 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3 and 4.5.x before 4.5.4, as well as related Fedora and openSUSE packages. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, specifically the full path to the application, by sending a crafted request to specific PHP files, with no user interaction required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0238 is in the 73rd 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-2042Moderate

phpMyAdmin: Multiple full path disclosure vulnerabilities (PMASA-2016-6)

Jan 28, 2016

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/5a3de108f26e4b0dddadddbe8ccdb1dd5526771f
Patch
phpmyadmin.net / home_page/security/PMASA-2016-6.php
PatchVendor Advisory