CVE-2016-5098

MEDIUM 5.3CVE-2016-5098 · Published 05/07/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-5098 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting phpmyadmin (phpmyadmin).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin	`= 4.6.2`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00043.html
securitytracker.com/id/1035980
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin commit d2dc948 · Patch
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-15 · Patch

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

phpmyadmin

= 4.6.2

No fix yet

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