{"cve":"CVE-2016-5734","nvd":{"published":"2016-07-03T01:59:24.753","modified":"2026-06-17T00:49:57.373","status":"Modified","description":"phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 does not properly choose delimiters to prevent use of the preg_replace e (aka eval) modifier, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted string, as demonstrated by the table search-and-replace implementation.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-94"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91387","https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1cc7466db3a05e95fe57a6702f41773e6829d54b","https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/4bcc606225f15bac0b07780e74f667f6ac283da7","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32","https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40185/"],"products":["phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-5734","score":0.8094,"percentile":0.9963,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}