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CVE-2016-9861

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-9861 describes a URL whitelist bypass vulnerability in phpMyAdmin versions 4.6.x (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x (prior to 4.0.10.18). This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high integrity impact over the network with low attack complexity, although it does not directly impact confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage 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

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0179 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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: 4.6.5
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 4.4.15.9
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: phpmyadmin/phpmyadminFixed in: 4.0.10.18

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-r326-mp8g-6xfchigh

phpMyAdmin Bypass white-list protection for URL redirection

May 17, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-32
phpmyadmin.net / security/PMASA-2016-66
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/94535