CVE-2016-9860

MEDIUM

phpMyAdmin < 4.0.10.18, 4.4.15.9, 4.6.5 - Unauthenticated DoS via AllowArbitraryServer

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user can execute a denial of service attack when phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94525
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-65

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0102
EPSS Percentile 77.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
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 4.6.4
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
... and 40 more
Published Dec 11, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026