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phpMyAdmin vulnerable to Cross-site ScriptingGHSA-6q2j-8h8q-46mr

MEDIUMFix: phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin@03f73d4

GHSA-6q2j-8h8q-46mr is a medium-severity (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. A fix is available for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Also known asCVE-2016-5705
Published
Updated
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 5, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
1.3%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs71th percentile — riskier than 71% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.10%0.68%1.25%1.82%0.6%1.3%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

2 pkgs affected
🐘phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin🐘phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin

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Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7 and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) server-privileges certificate data fields on the user privileges page, (2) an "invalid JSON" error message in the error console, (3) a database name in the central columns implementation, (4) a group name, or (5) a search name in the bookmarks implementation.

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐘Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin≥ 4.4.0&&< 4.4.15.74.4.15.7composer require phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin:^4.4.15.7
🐘Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin≥ 4.6.0&&< 4.6.34.6.3composer require phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin:^4.6.3

Affected Products

3 products · 34 configurations
OS
leapopensuse
1 version
42.1
OS
opensuseopensuse
2 versions
13.113.2
Application
phpmyadminphpmyadmin
28 versions
4.4.04.4.14.4.1.14.4.24.4.34.4.44.4.54.4.64.4.6.14.4.74.4.84.4.9

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 4.4.15.7 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-6q2j-8h8q-46mr is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Escape or sanitise the affected output on the server side rather than relying on client-side filtering, and add a Content-Security-Policy that blocks inline script execution so injected markup cannot run even if it reaches the page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7 and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) server-privileges certificate data fields on the user privileges page, (2) an "invalid JSON" error message in the error console, (3) a database name in the central columns implementation, (4) a group name, or (5) a search name in the bookmarks implementation.
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