CVE-2016-9855 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in phpMyAdmin versions 4.6.x (prior to 4.6.5) and 4.4.x (prior to 4.4.15.9). This flaw allows an attacker to trigger PHP error messages, specifically during an export timeout, which reveal the full installation path of phpMyAdmin. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.3), the vulnerability has a low impact on confidentiality and requires no user interaction or privileges, making it easily exploitable over the network. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion 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:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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