CVE-2016-6620
CRITICALphpMyAdmin <4.6.4, <4.4.15.8, <4.0.10.17 - Code Injection
Title source: llmDescription
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Some data is passed to the PHP unserialize() function without verification that it's valid serialized data. The unserialization can result in code execution because of the interaction with object instantiation and autoloading. 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
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95055
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-43
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0189
EPSS Percentile
83.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-502
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