THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-6620
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-6620

Phpmyadmin vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Some data is passed to the PHP unserialize() function without verification that it's valid serialized data. The unserialization can result in code execution because of the interaction with object instantiation and autoloading. 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.
Affected vendor
Phpmyadmin
Affected product
Phpmyadmin
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Published
2016-12-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-6620

  • Confirm whether Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-6620.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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