5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2016-2045
phpMyAdmin SQL Editor Persistent XSS
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 20, 2016, 1:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 2, 2016, 6:42 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2045 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Phpmyadmin phpmyadmin
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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 23, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 24, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-9.php No Types Assigned http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-9.php Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/0a24f92d081033576bfdd9d4bdec1a54501734c1 No Types Assigned https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/0a24f92d081033576bfdd9d4bdec1a54501734c1 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/11496890d7e21786cbfd9fd17ab968f498116b3f No Types Assigned https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/11496890d7e21786cbfd9fd17ab968f498116b3f Patch
    Added CWE CWE-79
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 23, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2045 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2045 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.12 }} 0.00%

score

0.43945

percentile

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