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CVE-2016-5706 — phpmyadmin

HIGHFix: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin@4767f24

CVE-2016-5706 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-399 vulnerability in phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. A fix is available for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin — see the affected versions and patch details below.

phpMyAdmin Denial Of Service (DOS) attack

Also known asGHSA-9rmm-8fp4-26hv
Published
Updated
Affected
3 pkgs
Patched
3 / 3
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 2, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
2.8%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs87th percentile — riskier than 87% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
2.28%2.62%2.97%3.31%2.8%2.8%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

3 pkgs affected
🐘phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin🐘phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin🐘phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin

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Description

js/get_scripts.js.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large array in the scripts parameter.

Affected Packages

3 total 3 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐘Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin≥ 4.0&&< 4.0.10.164.0.10.16composer require phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin:^4.0.10.16
🐘Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin≥ 4.4&&< 4.4.15.74.4.15.7composer require phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin:^4.4.15.7
🐘Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin≥ 4.6&&< 4.6.34.6.3composer require phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin:^4.6.3

Affected Products

3 products · 62 configurations
OS
leapopensuse
1 version
42.1
OS
opensuseopensuse
2 versions
13.113.2
Application
phpmyadminphpmyadmin
56 versions
4.0.04.0.14.0.24.0.34.0.44.0.4.14.0.4.24.0.54.0.64.0.74.0.84.0.9

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to 4.0.10.16 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2016-5706 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Cap what an attacker can consume: apply request size, rate and timeout limits in front of the affected component, and run it with memory and CPU limits so exhaustion degrades one worker rather than the whole service.

Frequently Asked Questions

js/get_scripts.js.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large array in the scripts parameter.
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CVE-2016-5706: phpmyadmin DoS — Fixed in 4.0.10.16