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Vulnerability details: VCID-9h1t-5fsg-bbcp
Vulnerability ID VCID-9h1t-5fsg-bbcp
Aliases CVE-2016-2559
GHSA-7rf8-9r8f-qf59
Summary phpMyAdmin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SQL parser Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the format function in libraries/sql-parser/src/Utils/Error.php in the SQL parser in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted query.
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
cvssv3.1 5.4 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html
cvssv3.1 5.4 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
epss 0.00278 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7rf8-9r8f-qf59
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/phpmyadmin/composer
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/phpmyadmin/composer
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/3a6a9a807d99371ee126635e1a505fc1fe0df32c
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/3a6a9a807d99371ee126635e1a505fc1fe0df32c
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2559
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2559
cvssv3.1 5.4 https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-10
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-10
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2559
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2559
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/composer
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/3a6a9a807d99371ee126635e1a505fc1fe0df32c
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2559
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-10
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-10/
GHSA-7rf8-9r8f-qf59 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7rf8-9r8f-qf59
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html
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:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/phpmyadmin/composer
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/3a6a9a807d99371ee126635e1a505fc1fe0df32c
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2559
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-10
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.5093
EPSS Score 0.00278
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:13:26.841320+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-7rf8-9r8f-qf59/GHSA-7rf8-9r8f-qf59.json 37.0.0