CVE-2016-9853: phpMyAdmin path disclosure

medium Affects phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-05-17; advisory modified 2023-11-08.

phpMyAdmin path disclosure

Package: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin Composer
Affected versions: >=4.6.0 and <4.6.5 or >=4.4.0 and <4.4.15.9
Fixed in: 4.6.5, 4.4.15.9
Severity: medium CVSS 5.3
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 3% (84.9th percentile)
Published: 2022-05-17
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-200

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