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CVE-2016-5730

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5730 is a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability affecting multiple versions of phpMyAdmin (4.0.x, 4.4.x, and 4.6.x). It allows remote attackers to reveal the full path of the application through various malformed inputs, such as incorrect array values or unexpected data types. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSSv3 score of 5.3, this vulnerability has a low impact, primarily disclosing sensitive information (CWE-200) without affecting integrity or availability. 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0262 is in the 76th 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 (4)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 4.0.10.16
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 4.4.15.7
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 4.6.3
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-wm9c-vcv2-vpqcmedium

phpMyAdmin full path disclosure vulnerability

May 14, 2022

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00113.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00114.html
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/27664605b945b13e1d2b71adea822ace2099cc96
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/331c560fbfa0e7d2dce674b5e88e983c5f2a451d
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/96e0aa35653ec0c66084a7e9343465e16c1f769b
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/b0180f18c828706af3a6800f0fb01a536d3ef8c7
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/cd229d718e8cb4bc8ba32446beaa82d27727b6f0
Patch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-32
phpmyadmin.net / security/PMASA-2016-23
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91379