CVE-2016-6631
highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.048 · 92 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can execute a remote code execution attack against a server when phpMyAdmin is being run as a CGI application. Under certain server configurations, a user can pass a query string which is executed as a command-line argument by the file generator_plugin.sh. 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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–8.5
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affected products (61)
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references (11)
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- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.2138/cnnvd
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-54Patchcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92496enisa_euvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00009.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32enisa_euvd
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-54enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92496Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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