# CVE-2016-2560: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.15, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.5, and 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 al

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2016-03-01 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.15, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.5, and 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) a crafted Host HTTP header, related to libraries/Config.class.php; (2) crafted JSON data, related to file_echo.php; (3) a crafted SQL query, related to js/functions.js; (4) the initial parameter to libraries/server_privileges.lib.php in the user accounts page; or (5) the it parameter to libraries/controllers/TableSearchController.class.php in the zoom search page.

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## References

- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.html
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-11/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/c842a0de9288033d25404d1d6eb22dd83033675f
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/7877a9c0084bf8ae15cbd8d2729b126271f682cc
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.html
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/ab1283e8366c97a155d4e9ae58628a248458ea32
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00020.html
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/41c4e0214c286f28830cca54423b5db57e7c0ce4
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/38fa1191049ac0c626a6684eea52068dfbbb5078
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00018.html

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