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CVE-2016-6613

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6613 describes a vulnerability in phpMyAdmin versions 4.6.x (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x (prior to 4.0.10.17) where a low-privileged user can craft a symbolic link to access files phpMyAdmin can read but the user cannot. This medium severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) has a network attack vector and high confidentiality impact, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0151 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 1,425 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 (3)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 4.6.4
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 4.4.15.8
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 4.0.10.17

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-6j2v-g9rg-qcm5medium

phpMyAdmin Local file exposure through symlinks with UploadDir

May 17, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-32
phpmyadmin.net / security/PMASA-2016-36
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94115
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry