CVE-2016-7405
The qstr method in the PDO driver in the ADOdb Library for PHP before 5.x before 5.20.7 might allow remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via vectors related to incorrect quoting.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The qstr method in the PDO driver in the ADOdb Library for PHP before 5.x before 5.20.7 might allow remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via vectors related to incorrect quoting.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.98% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- adodb project/adodb · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/8Patch, Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/1Patch, Release Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92969Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/blob/v5.20.7/docs/changelog.mdPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/commit/bd9eca9f40220f9918ec3cc7ae9ef422b3e448b8Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/226Patch
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LT3WU77BRUJREZUYQ3ZQBMUIVIVIND4Y/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-59
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/07/8Patch, Release Notes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/1Patch, Release Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92969Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/blob/v5.20.7/docs/changelog.mdPatch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/commit/bd9eca9f40220f9918ec3cc7ae9ef422b3e448b8Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/226Patch
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LT3WU77BRUJREZUYQ3ZQBMUIVIVIND4Y/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-59
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.