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Fencer Intel
high 8.1

CVE-2016-6633 json

phpMyAdmin Remote code execution vulnerability when PHP is running with dbase extension

published 2016-12-11 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-p849-vf5f-f3x7 , EUVD-2022-4713

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.0.10.17, 4.4.15.8, 4.6.4
  • phpmyadmin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6633

  • phpMyAdmin openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.6.5.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10054-1

  • phpmyadmin Alpine 3.2 4.4.15.8-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2016-6633

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-6633 updated

phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 4.0.10.18, 4.4.15.9 and 4.6.5 versions

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
GitHub 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
>=4.6, <4.6.4
>=4.4, <4.4.15.8
>=4.0, <4.0.10.17
4.6.4
4.4.15.8
4.0.10.17

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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