CVE-2016-9866 describes a critical Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) 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 flaw occurs when the arg_separator is not its default value, preventing the CSRF token from being properly removed from the preference import action's return URL. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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