CVE-2017-1000016
phpMyAdmin Cookie attribute injection attack
A weakness was discovered where an attacker can inject arbitrary values in to the browser cookies. This is a re-issue of an incomplete fix from PMASA-2016-18.
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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A weakness was discovered where an attacker can inject arbitrary values in to the browser cookies. This is a re-issue of an incomplete fix from PMASA-2016-18.
- Record
CVE-2017-1000016- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A weakness was discovered where an attacker can inject arbitrary values in to the browser cookies. This is a re-issue of an incomplete fix from PMASA-2016-18.
- Record
CVE-2017-1000016- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4255 No score
A weakness was discovered where an attacker can inject arbitrary values in to the browser cookies. This is a re-issue of an incomplete fix from PMASA-2016-18.
- Record
EUVD-2022-4255- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j2cq-h6v2-f875
phpMyAdmin Cookie attribute injection attack
A weakness was discovered where an attacker can inject arbitrary values in to the browser cookies. This is a re-issue of an incomplete fix from PMASA-2016-18.
- Record
GHSA-j2cq-h6v2-f875- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
A weakness was discovered where an attacker can inject arbitrary values in to the browser cookies. This is a re-issue of an incomplete fix from PMASA-2016-18.
- Record
CVE-2017-1000016- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000016
A weakness was discovered where an attacker can inject arbitrary values in to the browser cookies. This is a re-issue of an incomplete fix from PMASA-2016-18.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-1000016- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-j2cq-h6v2-f875
phpMyAdmin Cookie attribute injection attack
A weakness was discovered where an attacker can inject arbitrary values in to the browser cookies. This is a re-issue of an incomplete fix from PMASA-2016-18.
- Record
GHSA-j2cq-h6v2-f875- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000016
A weakness was discovered where an attacker can inject arbitrary values in to the browser cookies. This is a re-issue of an incomplete fix from PMASA-2016-18.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000016- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11171-1 No score
phpMyAdmin-5.1.1-1.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the phpMyAdmin-5.1.1-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11171-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
phpmyadmin/phpmyadminPackagist |
4.6 up to 4.6.6 | 4.6.6 |
phpmyadminDebian:12 |
before 4:4.6.6-1 | 4:4.6.6-1 |
phpmyadminDebian:13 |
before 4:4.6.6-1 | 4:4.6.6-1 |
phpmyadminDebian:14 |
before 4:4.6.6-1 | 4:4.6.6-1 |
phpMyAdminopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 31 CVEs |
before 5.1.1-1.2 | 5.1.1-1.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| affected | ||
| 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-2017-1000016 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Phpmyadmin, published July 13, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.12%, the 66th percentile. Fixed in phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 4.6.6.
References
phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2017-5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000016
github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/3b6ed1f
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000016
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000016
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cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000016
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2869