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TI-2016-02304 Aliases CVE-2016-2559GHSA-7rf8-9r8f-qf59

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the format function in…

Priority LOW 28CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the format function in libraries/sql-parser/src/Utils/Error.php in the SQL parser in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted query.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01712 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist): 4.5.5.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
—phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist)4.5 to before 4.5.5.14.5.5.1Patch availableGHSA-7rf8-9r8f-qf59
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.5 to before 4.5.5.1 Fixed in 4.5.5.1 Patch available GHSA-7rf8-9r8f-qf59

CPE configurations NVD · 13

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.0VulnerablephpMyAdmin
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.0 beta1VulnerablephpMyAdmin
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.0 beta2VulnerablephpMyAdmin
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.0 rc1VulnerablephpMyAdmin
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.0.1VulnerablephpMyAdmin
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.0.2VulnerablephpMyAdmin
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.1VulnerablephpMyAdmin
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.2VulnerablephpMyAdmin
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.3VulnerablephpMyAdmin
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.3.1VulnerablephpMyAdmin
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.0 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.0 beta1 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.0 beta2 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.0 rc1 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.0.1 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.0.2 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.1 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.2 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.3 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.3.1 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
Show 3 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.4VulnerablephpMyAdmin
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.4.1VulnerablephpMyAdmin
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.5VulnerablephpMyAdmin
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.4 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.4.1 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin
  • cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.5 Vulnerable ·phpMyAdmin

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-7rf8-9r8f-qf59 phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Packagist) Fixed in 4.5.5.1 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-2559
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7rf8-9r8f-qf59

References

Advisory 4

Other 3

  • TI-2009-01092 Static code injection vulnerability in setup.php in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.5 and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-09056 An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 4.8.x before 4.8.2, in which an attacker can… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-14341 SQL Injection vulnerability in function getTableCreationQuery in CreateAddField.php in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-04978 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 does not… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-16362 An issue was discovered in SearchController in phpMyAdmin before 4.9.6 and 5.x before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2012-04350 phpMyAdmin 3.5.2.2, as distributed by the cdnetworks-kr-1 mirror during an unspecified… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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