CVE-2016-5098
Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2...
Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.
- Record
CVE-2016-5098- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.
- Record
CVE-2016-5098- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-6050 No score
Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.
- Record
EUVD-2016-6050- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fcqp-fp43-h6gm
Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2...
Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.
- Record
GHSA-fcqp-fp43-h6gm- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.
- Record
CVE-2016-5098- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-5098 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Phpmyadmin, published July 5, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.99%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d2dc9481d2af25b035778c67eaf0bfd2d2c59dd8
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00043.html
phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-15
securitytracker.com/id/1035980
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5098