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Vulnerability details: VCID-r9hg-ac9m-vbed
Vulnerability ID VCID-r9hg-ac9m-vbed
Aliases CVE-2016-4855
GHSA-hhfw-xxhm-pf32
Summary XSS vulnerability in old test script Cross-site scripting vulnerability in ADOdb allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 6.1 http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN48237713/index.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN48237713/index.html
epss 0.00361 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4855
epss 0.00361 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4855
epss 0.00361 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4855
epss 0.00361 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4855
epss 0.00361 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4855
epss 0.00361 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4855
epss 0.00361 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4855
epss 0.00361 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4855
epss 0.00361 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4855
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/commit/ecb93d8c1fd3bbde62aca9c3a13c32f077da2da8
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/commit/ecb93d8c1fd3bbde62aca9c3a13c32f077da2da8
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/274
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/274
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hhfw-xxhm-pf32
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/adodb/adodb-php/CVE-2016-4855.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/adodb/adodb-php/CVE-2016-4855.yaml
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4855
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4855
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-59
generic_textual MODERATE https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-59
cvssv3.1 6.1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92753
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92753
Reference id Reference type URL
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN48237713/index.html
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-4855
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4855
https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb
https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/commit/ecb93d8c1fd3bbde62aca9c3a13c32f077da2da8
https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/274
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/adodb/adodb-php/CVE-2016-4855.yaml
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-59
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92753
837418 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=837418
CVE-2016-4855 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4855
GHSA-hhfw-xxhm-pf32 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hhfw-xxhm-pf32
USN-6825-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6825-1/
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 http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN48237713/index.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:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb
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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/ADOdb/ADOdb/commit/ecb93d8c1fd3bbde62aca9c3a13c32f077da2da8
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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/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/274
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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/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/adodb/adodb-php/CVE-2016-4855.yaml
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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-2016-4855
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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/201701-59
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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 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92753
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.58152
EPSS Score 0.00361
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:47:14.220418+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/packagist/adodb/adodb-php/CVE-2016-4855.yml 38.0.0