CVE-2016-2045

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2016-2045 · Published 20/02/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-2045 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting phpmyadmin (phpmyadmin).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 75.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin	`= 4.5.0= 4.5.0.1= 4.5.0.2= 4.5.1= 4.5.2= 4.5.3`	No fix yet

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the SQL editor in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a SQL query that triggers JSON data in a response.

References

lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html · Third Party Advisory
phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-9.php · Patch
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin commit 0a24f92 · Patch
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin commit 1149689 · Patch

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Affected versions

Patched versions

phpmyadmin

= 4.5.0= 4.5.0.1= 4.5.0.2= 4.5.1= 4.5.2= 4.5.3

No fix yet

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