# CVE-2016-2045: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the SQL editor in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-02-20 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the SQL editor in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a SQL query that triggers JSON data in a response.

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## References

- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/0a24f92d081033576bfdd9d4bdec1a54501734c1
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/11496890d7e21786cbfd9fd17ab968f498116b3f
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-9.php
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.html

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