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CVE-2016-5733

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-5733 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin versions 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3, affecting various openSUSE distributions. These flaws allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML through specially crafted inputs like table names or log directives. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.1), successful exploitation requires user interaction and could lead to information disclosure and limited integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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

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
2.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0218 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-cr65-p662-fx5cmedium

phpMyAdmin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

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/4d21b5c077db50c2a54b7f569d20f463cc2651f5
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/615212a14d7d87712202f37354acf8581987fc5a
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/79661610f6f65443e0ec1e382a7240437f28436c
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8716855b309dbe65d7b9a5d681b80579b225b322
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/895a131d2eb7e447757a35d5731c7d647823ea8b
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/960fd1fd52023047a23d069178bfff7463c2cefc
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/be3ecbb4cca3fbe20e3b3aa4e049902d18b60865
Patch
github.com / phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d648ade18d6cbb796a93261491c121f078df2d88
Patch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-32
phpmyadmin.net / security/PMASA-2016-26
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3627
securityfocus.com / bid/91390