CVE-2016-5734

highpriority · attend · 77EPSS 0.809 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

5 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

80.9% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

60 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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 does not properly choose delimiters to prevent use of the preg_replace e (aka eval) modifier, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted string, as demonstrated by the table search-and-replace implementation.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-94USprimaryCWE-94US

exploits (5)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/multi/http/phpmyadmin_null_termination_execphpMyAdmin Authenticated Remote Code Executionweaponized · metasploit
EDB-40185phpMyAdmin 4.6.2 - (Authenticated) Remote Code ExecutionPoC · exploit_db
HKirito/phpmyadmin4.4_cve-2016-5734HKirito/phpmyadmin4.4_cve-2016-5734PoC · poc_in_github
KosukeShimofuji/CVE-2016-5734KosukeShimofuji/CVE-2016-5734PoC · poc_in_github
miko550/CVE-2016-5734-dockerPhpMyAdmin 4.0.x—4.6.2 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2016-5734)PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (60)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.10.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin= 4.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-rv57-479x-x4qvphpMyAdmin Code Injection vulnerability2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
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 does not properly choose delimiters to prevent use of the preg_replace e (aka eval) modifier, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted string, as demonstrated by the table search-and-replace implementation.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2016-07-03modified 2026-06-17

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references (16)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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