CVE-2016-6616 describes an SQL injection vulnerability in phpMyAdmin versions 4.6.x prior to 4.6.4 and 4.4.x prior to 4.4.15.8, specifically within the "User group" and "Designer" features. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.5) allows an authenticated, low-privileged attacker to execute SQL injection attacks against the control user's account with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, though it requires high attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.