SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-9850

Username matching for the allow/deny rules may result in wrong matches and detection of the username in the rule due to non-constant execution time.

MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 2.04%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.04%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Username matching for the allow/deny rules may result in wrong matches and detection of the username in the rule due to non-constant execution time. 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.

CVSS 3.0
5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS
2.04% probability · 80th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-254
Affected
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.