CVE-2016-5702

phpMyAdmin cookie-attribute injection

3.7 LowFix available

phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3, when the environment lacks a PHP_SELF value, allows remote attackers to conduct cookie-attribute injection attacks via a crafted URI.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: High
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.69%Up 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 3.7

phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3, when the environment lacks a PHP_SELF value, allows remote attackers to conduct cookie-attribute injection attacks via a crafted URI.

Record: CVE-2016-5702
CVSS 3.0: 3.7 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-254
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3, when the environment lacks a PHP_SELF value, allows remote attackers to conduct cookie-attribute injection attacks via a crafted URI.

Record: CVE-2016-5702
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-5845 No score

phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3, when the environment lacks a PHP_SELF value, allows remote attackers to conduct cookie-attribute injection attacks via a crafted URI.

Record: EUVD-2022-5845
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xqw9-ffx7-g998 3.7

phpMyAdmin cookie-attribute injection

phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3, when the environment lacks a PHP_SELF value, allows remote attackers to conduct cookie-attribute injection attacks via a crafted URI.

Record: GHSA-xqw9-ffx7-g998
CVSS 3.0: 3.7 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 3.7

phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3, when the environment lacks a PHP_SELF value, allows remote attackers to conduct cookie-attribute injection attacks via a crafted URI.

Record: CVE-2016-5702
CVSS 3.0: 3.7 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-5702 3.7

phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3, when the environment lacks a PHP_SELF value, allows remote attackers to conduct cookie-attribute injection attacks via a crafted URI.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5702
CVSS 3.0: 3.7 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-xqw9-ffx7-g998 3.7

phpMyAdmin cookie-attribute injection

phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3, when the environment lacks a PHP_SELF value, allows remote attackers to conduct cookie-attribute injection attacks via a crafted URI.

Record: GHSA-xqw9-ffx7-g998
CVSS 3.0: 3.7 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5702 3.7

phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3, when the environment lacks a PHP_SELF value, allows remote attackers to conduct cookie-attribute injection attacks via a crafted URI.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5702
CVSS 3.0: 3.7 LowCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10054-1 No score

phpMyAdmin-4.6.5.2-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the phpMyAdmin-4.6.5.2-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:10054-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

phpmyadmin

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin` Packagist	4.6.0 up to 4.6.3	4.6.3
`phpmyadmin` Debian:12	before 4:4.6.3-1	4:4.6.3-1
`phpmyadmin` Debian:13	before 4:4.6.3-1	4:4.6.3-1
`phpmyadmin` Debian:14	before 4:4.6.3-1	4:4.6.3-1
`phpmyadmin` Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 4:4.0.6-14:4.0.8-14:4.0.9-14:4.0.10-14:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1 Show 4 moreShow less 4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm14:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm24:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm34:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm4	None known
`phpmyadmin` Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS	All versions, plus listed versions 4:4.4.13.1-14:4.5.0.2-24:4.5.1-14:4.5.1-24:4.5.1-3 Show 13 moreShow less 4:4.5.2-14:4.5.2-24:4.5.3.1-14:4.5.4-14:4.5.4.1-24:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu14:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu24:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.14:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm24:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm34:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm44:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm54:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6	None known
`phpMyAdmin` openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 124 CVEs	before 4.6.5.2-1.1	4.6.5.2-1.1

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-5702 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.7) in Phpmyadmin, published July 3, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.69%, the 77th percentile. Fixed in phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.6.3.

References

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