CVE-2016-6631

7.5 highEPSS 4.8%

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can execute a remote code execution attack against a server when phpMyAdmin is being run as a CGI application. Under certain server configurations, a user can pass a query string which is executed as a command-line argument by the file generator_plugin.sh. 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

7.5 high

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

EPSS: 4.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 91% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-78
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/92496
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-54
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92496

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