CVE-2016-6616

Publication date 11 December 2016

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. In the "User group" and "Designer" features, a user can execute an SQL injection attack against the account of the control user. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8) are affected.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
phpmyadmin	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	14.04 LTS trusty	Vulnerable
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
phpmyadmin	Upstream: 93a6913 Upstream: 5d427d6 Upstream: 5d427d6

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H