First published: Tue Mar 01 2016(Updated: )
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the format function in libraries/sql-parser/src/Utils/Error.php in the SQL parser in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted query.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.0 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.0-beta1 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.0-beta2 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.0-rc1 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.0.1 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.0.2 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.1 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.2 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.3 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.3.1 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.4 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.4.1 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.5 | |
composer/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin | >=4.5<4.5.5.1 | 4.5.5.1 |
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CVE-2016-2559 is considered a medium severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
To fix CVE-2016-2559, upgrade phpMyAdmin to version 4.5.5.1 or later.
CVE-2016-2559 affects phpMyAdmin versions 4.5.0 through 4.5.5.
No, CVE-2016-2559 can only be exploited by remote authenticated users.
CVE-2016-2559 allows attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML through crafted queries.