CVE-2016-6614
MEDIUMphpMyAdmin <4.6.4, <4.4.15.8, <4.0.10.17 - Path Traversal
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the %u username replacement functionality of the SaveDir and UploadDir features. When the username substitution is configured, a specially-crafted user name can be used to circumvent restrictions to traverse the file system. 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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-37
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94366
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
Scores
CVSS v3
6.8
EPSS
0.0111
EPSS Percentile
78.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (50)
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.6.0
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.6.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.6.2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.6.3
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.0
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.1
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.3
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.4
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
4.0.4.1
... and 40 more
Published
Dec 11, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026