An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. phpMyAdmin can be used to trigger a remote code execution attack against certain PHP installations that are running with the dbase extension. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.
Severity
High 8.1
Published
11 Dec 2016
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
4% in the next 30 daysHigher than 90% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
Attack
Over the network · Only under certain conditions · No login needed · No user action needed
Attacker can
Read data · Change data · Take it down
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Sources
NVD
Affected software
Software
Affected versions
phpMyAdminServers and applications · cpe:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin