CVE-2016-2040: phpMyAdmin XSS Vulnerability

medium Affects phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2022-05-14; advisory modified 2024-02-16.

phpMyAdmin XSS Vulnerability

Package: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin Composer
Affected versions: >=4.0 and <4.0.10.13 or >=4.4 and <4.4.15.3 or >=4.5 and <4.5.4
Fixed in: 4.0.10.13, 4.4.15.3, 4.5.4
Severity: medium CVSS 5.4
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (76.2th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-14
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-79

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