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Vulnerability details: VCID-3jkz-zdy6-n7dz
Vulnerability ID VCID-3jkz-zdy6-n7dz
Aliases CVE-2016-5704
GHSA-gcvp-cwgw-wx8j
Summary phpMyAdmin XSS Vulnerability Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the table-structure page in phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a comment.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
epss 0.00297 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gcvp-cwgw-wx8j
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/72213573182896bd6a6e5af5ba1881dd87c4a20b
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/72213573182896bd6a6e5af5ba1881dd87c4a20b
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5704
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5704
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-20
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-20
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5704
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5704
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/72213573182896bd6a6e5af5ba1881dd87c4a20b
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5704
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-20
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-20/
GHSA-gcvp-cwgw-wx8j https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gcvp-cwgw-wx8j
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/72213573182896bd6a6e5af5ba1881dd87c4a20b
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5704
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-20
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

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none

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.52706
EPSS Score 0.00297
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:13:15.653774+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-gcvp-cwgw-wx8j/GHSA-gcvp-cwgw-wx8j.json 37.0.0