Servers and applications
CVE-2016-2045
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the SQL editor in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a SQL query that triggers JSON data in a response.
- Severity
- Medium 5.4
- Published
- 20 Feb 2016
- Last changed
- 17 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 1 Nov 2026
- Exploit chance
- 1.5% in the next 30 daysHigher than 75% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
- Weakness
- Cross-site scripting (CWE-79)
- Attack
- Over the network · Needs a user account · Needs someone to click or open something
- Attacker can
- Read some data · Change some data
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
|---|---|
phpMyAdminServers and applications · cpe:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin |
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