CVE-2016-6613

5.3 mediumEPSS 1.5%

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can specially craft a symlink on disk, to a file which phpMyAdmin is permitted to read but the user is not, which phpMyAdmin will then expose to the user. 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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.3 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 74% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-200
Published: 2016-12-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94115
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-36
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94115

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