{"id":"CVE-2016-2040","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2040","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:57:31.377Z","title":"Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) table name, (2) SET value, (3)…","description":"Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) table name, (2) SET value, (3) search query, or (4) hostname in a Location header.","published":"2016-02-20T01:59:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:43:19.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["fedoraproject/fedora","opensuse/leap","opensuse/opensuse","phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin"],"epss":{"score":0.01635,"percentile":0.76131,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.64%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-3.php","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/75a55824012406a08c4debf5ddb7ae41c32a7dbc","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/aca42efa01917cc0fe8cfdb2927a6399ca1742f2","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/edffb52884b09562490081c3b8666ef46c296418","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-3.php","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/75a55824012406a08c4debf5ddb7ae41c32a7dbc","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/aca42efa01917cc0fe8cfdb2927a6399ca1742f2","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/edffb52884b09562490081c3b8666ef46c296418","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2040","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}