UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6607 (CVE-2016-6607)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2016-12-11 02:59 – Updated: 2025-09-08 16:43 – Source websiteXSS issues were discovered in phpMyAdmin. This affects Zoom search (specially crafted column content can be used to trigger an XSS attack); GIS editor (certain fields in the graphical GIS editor are not properly escaped and can be used to trigger an XSS attack); Relation view; the following Transformations: Formatted, Imagelink, JPEG: Upload, RegexValidation, JPEG inline, PNG inline, and transformation wrapper; XML export; MediaWiki export; Designer; When the MySQL server is running with a specially-crafted log_bin directive; Database tab; Replication feature; and Database search. 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.
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "phpmyadmin",
"binary_version": "4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm4"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
"name": "phpmyadmin",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/phpmyadmin@4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm4?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"4:4.0.6-1",
"4:4.0.8-1",
"4:4.0.9-1",
"4:4.0.10-1",
"4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1",
"4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm1",
"4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm2",
"4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm3",
"4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm4"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "phpmyadmin",
"binary_version": "4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
"name": "phpmyadmin",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/phpmyadmin@4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"4:4.4.13.1-1",
"4:4.5.0.2-2",
"4:4.5.1-1",
"4:4.5.1-2",
"4:4.5.1-3",
"4:4.5.2-1",
"4:4.5.2-2",
"4:4.5.3.1-1",
"4:4.5.4-1",
"4:4.5.4.1-2",
"4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu1",
"4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2",
"4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1",
"4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm2",
"4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm3",
"4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm4",
"4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm5",
"4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "XSS issues were discovered in phpMyAdmin. This affects Zoom search (specially crafted column content can be used to trigger an XSS attack); GIS editor (certain fields in the graphical GIS editor are not properly escaped and can be used to trigger an XSS attack); Relation view; the following Transformations: Formatted, Imagelink, JPEG: Upload, RegexValidation, JPEG inline, PNG inline, and transformation wrapper; XML export; MediaWiki export; Designer; When the MySQL server is running with a specially-crafted log_bin directive; Database tab; Replication feature; and Database search. 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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6607",
"modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:49Z",
"published": "2016-12-11T02:59:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6607"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-30/"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6607"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2016-6607"
]
}
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