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phpMyAdmin Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6608)

Description

XSS issues were discovered in phpMyAdmin. This affects the database privilege check and the "Remove partitioning" functionality. Specially crafted database names can trigger the XSS attack. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) are affected.

Remediation

References

CVE-2016-6608

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Severity

Medium

Classification

CVE-2016-6608 CWE-707 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Tags

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