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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2016-9860 json

phpMyAdmin Denial of Service (DoS)

published 2016-12-11 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-3hw5-fffc-qrg4 , EUVD-2022-2194

cvss
5.9
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.0.10.18, 4.4.15.9, 4.6.5
  • phpmyadmin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:4.6.5.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9860

  • phpMyAdmin openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.6.5.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10054-1

  • phpmyadmin Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +18 more 4.6.5.2-r0
  • phpmyadmin Alpine 3.2 4.4.15.9-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-9860

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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-2016-9860 updated

phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 4.0.10.18, 4.4.15.9 and 4.6.5 versions

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

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Exploit prediction

1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 5.9 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
>=4.6, <4.6.5
>=4.4, <4.4.15.9
>=4.0, <4.0.10.18
4.6.5
4.4.15.9
4.0.10.18

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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