CVE-2016-6631
A user can execute a remote code execution attack against a server when phpMyAdmin is being run as a CGI application.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.75% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92496Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-54Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92496Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-54Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.