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CVE-2016-6614

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6614 describes a path traversal 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). This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to bypass file system restrictions by crafting a malicious username when the %u substitution is enabled for SaveDir or UploadDir features. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.8, the vulnerability has high confidentiality impact due to potential unauthorized file access, but requires high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0235 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 19,956 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-32
phpmyadmin.net / security/PMASA-2016-37
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94366
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry