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CVE-2016-5731 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in examples/openid.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 inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an OpenID error message.
Severity Medium 6.1
Published 3 Jul 2016
Last changed 17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron 1 Nov 2026 Exploit chance 1.8% in the next 30 daysHigher than 78% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST , 11 Nov 2026
Attack Over the network · No login needed · 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:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Sources NVD Affected software Software Affected versions phpMyAdminServers and applications · cpe:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin Version 4.6.2 Version 4.6.1 Version 4.6.0 Version 4.6.0-rc2 All 59 release lines Version 4.0.0 Version 4.0.1 Version 4.0.2 Version 4.0.3 Version 4.0.4 Version 4.0.4.1 Version 4.0.4.2 Version 4.0.5 Version 4.0.6 Version 4.0.7 Version 4.0.8 Version 4.0.9 Version 4.0.10 Version 4.0.10.1 Version 4.0.10.2 Version 4.0.10.3 Version 4.0.10.4 Version 4.0.10.5 Version 4.0.10.6 Version 4.0.10.7 Version 4.0.10.8 Version 4.0.10.9 Version 4.0.10.10 Version 4.0.10.11 Version 4.0.10.12 Version 4.0.10.13 Version 4.0.10.14 Version 4.0.10.15 Version 4.4.0 Version 4.4.1 Version 4.4.1.1 Version 4.4.2 Version 4.4.3 Version 4.4.4 Version 4.4.5 Version 4.4.6 Version 4.4.6.1 Version 4.4.7 Version 4.4.8 Version 4.4.9 Version 4.4.10 Version 4.4.11 Version 4.4.12 Version 4.4.13 Version 4.4.13.1 Version 4.4.14.1 Version 4.4.15 Version 4.4.15.1 Version 4.4.15.2 Version 4.4.15.3 Version 4.4.15.4 Version 4.4.15.5 Version 4.4.15.6 Version 4.6.0-alpha1 Version 4.6.0-rc1 Version 4.6.0-rc2 Version 4.6.0 Version 4.6.1 Version 4.6.2
References NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5731 CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5731