CVE-2016-9856

MediumCVSS 6.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An XSS issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin because of an improper fix for CVE-2016-2559 in PMASA-2016-10. This issue is resolved by using a copy of a hash to avoid a race condition. 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Dec 11, 2016
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2016-9856: Medium severity, CVSS 6.1 | Vulnix