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CVE-2016-5731

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5731 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin versions 4.0.x, 4.4.x, and 4.6.x, specifically within the examples/openid.php component. This flaw allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through manipulated OpenID error messages. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.1 (Medium), exploitation requires user interaction and could lead to limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0175 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 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-mwm8-36c5-j5cfmedium

phpMyAdmin Cross-site scripting (XSS) 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/418aeea3d83b0b6021bac311d849570acfc6e48c
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/94cf3864254ffaf3a69e97d8fc454888368b94ab
Patch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-32
phpmyadmin.net / security/PMASA-2016-24
Patch
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3627