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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2016-7405 json

ADOdb Library SQL Injection

published 2016-10-03 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-3fj4-q72x-x2g9 , EUVD-2022-2169

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The qstr method in the PDO driver in the ADOdb Library for PHP before 5.x before 5.20.7 might allow remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via vectors related to incorrect quoting.

Patch / fix

  • packagist adodb/adodb-php 5.20.7
  • libphp-adodb Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.20.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7405

  • libphp-adodb Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 5.20.3-1ubuntu1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7405

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-7405 updated cvss 5.4

php-adodb: Incorrect quoting may allow SQL injection

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist adodb/adodb-php
>=5.0, <5.20.7
5.20.7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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