vulnwire
7.5high

CVE-2016-6631

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin.

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.8%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
0
none known

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can execute a remote code execution attack against a server when phpMyAdmin is being run as a CGI application. Under certain server configurations, a user can pass a query string which is executed as a command-line argument by the file generator_plugin.sh. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.75% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.08.5AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/92496 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-32 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • phpmyadmin.net /security/PMASA-2016-54 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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