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CVE-2016-5731

phpMyAdmin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

6.1 MediumFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

1.75%Up 0.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

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.

Record
CVE-2016-5731
CVSS 3.0
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2016-5731
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4639 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2022-4639
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mwm8-36c5-j5cf 6.1

phpMyAdmin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

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.

Record
GHSA-mwm8-36c5-j5cf
CVSS 3.0
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.1

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.

Record
CVE-2016-5731
CVSS 3.0
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-5731 6.1

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5731
CVSS 3.0
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVGHSA-mwm8-36c5-j5cf 6.1

phpMyAdmin Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability

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.

Record
GHSA-mwm8-36c5-j5cf
CVSS 3.0
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-5731 6.1

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5731
CVSS 3.0
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0240 No score

Updated phpmyadmin packages fix security vulnerability

In phpMyAdmin before 4.4.15.7, a vulnerability was discovered that allows a BBCode injection to setup script in case it's not accessed on https (CVE-2016-5701).

In phpMyAdmin before 4.4.15.7, a vulnerability was discovered that allows an SQL injection attack to run arbitrary commands as the control user (CVE-2016-5703).

In phpMyAdmin before 4.4.15.7, XSS vulnerabilities were discovered in the user privileges page, the error console, and the central columns, query bookmarks, and user groups features (CVE-2016-5705).

In phpMyAdmin before 4.4.15.7, a Denial Of Service (DOS) attack was discovered in the way phpMyAdmin loads some JavaScript files (CVE-2016-5706).

In phpMyAdmin before 4.4.15.7, by specially crafting requests in the following areas, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed (CVE-2016-5730).

In phpMyAdmin before 4.4.15.7, with a specially crafted request, it is possible to trigger an XSS attack through the example OpenID authentication script (CVE-2016-5731).

In phpMyAdmin before 4.4.15.7, XSS vulnerabilities were found through specially crafted databases, in AJAX error handling, and in the Transformation, Designer, charts, and zoom search features (CVE-2016-5733).

In phpMyAdmin before 4.4.15.7, a vulnerability was reported where a specially crafted Transformation could be used to leak information including the authentication token. This could be used to direct a CSRF attack against a user (CVE-2016-5739).

Record
MGASA-2016-0240
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

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
Packagist
 4.0 up to 4.0.10.16
4.0.10.16
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
Packagist
 4.4 up to 4.4.15.7
4.4.15.7
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
Packagist
 4.6 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
Debian:7
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
 before 4:3.4.11.1-2+deb7u5, plus listed versions
4:3.4.11.1-24:3.4.11.1-2+deb7u14:3.4.11.1-2+deb7u24:3.4.11.1-2+deb7u34:3.4.11.1-2+deb7u4
4:3.4.11.1-2+deb7u5
phpmyadmin
Debian:8
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u2, plus listed versions
4:4.2.12-24:4.2.12-2+deb8u1
4:4.2.12-2+deb8u2
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
Packagist
 4.0 up to 4.0.10.16, plus listed versions
4.0.04.0.14.0.104.0.10.14.0.10.2
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4.0.10.34.0.10.44.0.10.54.0.10.64.0.10.74.0.10.84.0.10.94.0.24.0.34.0.44.0.4.14.0.4.24.0.54.0.64.0.74.0.84.0.9
4.0.10.16
phpmyadmin
Mageia:5
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 4.4.15.7-1.mga5
4.4.15.7-1.mga5
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
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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
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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
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2016-5731 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Phpmyadmin, published July 3, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.75%, the 78th percentile. Fixed in phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.0.10.16.

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