{"cve":"CVE-2016-6614","nvd":{"published":"2016-12-11T02:59:20.970","modified":"2026-06-17T00:51:27.870","status":"Modified","description":"An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the %u username replacement functionality of the SaveDir and UploadDir features. When the username substitution is configured, a specially-crafted user name can be used to circumvent restrictions to traverse the file system. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":6.8},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94366","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00006.html","https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32","https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-37","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94366"],"products":["phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:41:25.729257544+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-6614","score":0.02347,"percentile":0.83675,"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."]}