CVE-2016-6624

MEDIUM

phpMyAdmin <4.6.4, <4.4.15.8, <4.0.10.17 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving improper enforcement of the IP-based authentication rules. When phpMyAdmin is used with IPv6 in a proxy server environment, and the proxy server is in the allowed range but the attacking computer is not allowed, this vulnerability can allow the attacking computer to connect despite the IP rules. 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/92489
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-47
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0030
EPSS Percentile 53.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-254
Status published
Products (50)
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
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.0.4.2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.0.5
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.0.6
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.0.7
... and 40 more
Published Dec 11, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026