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CVE-2016-9865

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Due to a bug in serialized string parsing, it was possible to bypass the protection offered by PMA_safeUnserialize() function. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.

Severity
Critical 9.8
Published
11 Dec 2016
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
2.3% in the next 30 daysHigher than 83% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
Weakness
CWE-254Deserialization of untrusted data (CWE-502)
Attack
Over the network · No login needed · No user action needed
Attacker can
Read data · Change data · Take it down
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
phpMyAdminServers and applications · cpe:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin
  • Version 4.6.4
  • Version 4.6.3
  • Version 4.6.2
  • Version 4.6.1
All 63 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 4.0.10.16
  • Version 4.0.10.17
  • 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
  • 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 4.4.15.7
  • Version 4.4.15.8
  • Version 4.6.0
  • Version 4.6.1
  • Version 4.6.2
  • Version 4.6.3
  • Version 4.6.4

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9865
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9865