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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2016-9853 json

phpMyAdmin path disclosure

published 2016-12-11 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-rmmf-5xhh-gg27 , EUVD-2022-5201

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected. This CVE is for the fopen wrapper issue.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9853

  • 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-2016-9853

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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-2016-9853 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

2.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
>=4.6.0, <4.6.5
>=4.4.0, <4.4.15.9
4.6.5
4.4.15.9

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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