CVE-2016-6629

CRITICAL

phpMyAdmin <4.6.4, <4.4.15.8, <4.0.10.17 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the $cfg['ArbitraryServerRegexp'] configuration directive. An attacker could reuse certain cookie values in a way of bypassing the servers defined by ArbitraryServerRegexp. 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 (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-52
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92493
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 55.2%
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-254
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