# CVE-2016-5731: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in examples/openid.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x befor

- Also known as: GHSA-MWM8-36C5-J5CF
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.0.10.16, 4.4.15.7, 4.6.3
- Published: 2016-07-03 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): from 4.0, fixed in 4.0.10.16
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): from 4.4, fixed in 4.4.15.7
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): from 4.6, fixed in 4.6.3

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in examples/openid.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving an OpenID error message.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.10.16, 4.4.15.7, 4.6.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-24/
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/94cf3864254ffaf3a69e97d8fc454888368b94ab
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00114.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/418aeea3d83b0b6021bac311d849570acfc6e48c
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00113.html

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