CVE-2016-9860

5.9 mediumEPSS 1.9%

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user can execute a denial of service attack when phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.9 medium

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

EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 80% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-20
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/94525
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-65
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94525
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32

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