CVE catalog
CVE-2016-9857
phpmyadmin: CVE-2016-9857
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.47% · Oct 25, 2026
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. XSS is possible because of a weakness in a regular expression used in some JavaScript processing. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | phpmyadmin | sid | 4:5.2.4~dev~git20260809.e0909b211b+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | phpmyadmin | forky | 4:5.2.4~dev~git20260809.e0909b211b+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| Debian | phpmyadmin | trixie | 4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-1+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | phpmyadmin | bookworm | 4:5.2.1+dfsg-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Alpine | phpmyadmin | 3.2 | 4.4.15.9-r0 | fixed |
| Alpine | phpmyadmin | 3.4 | 4.6.5.2-r0 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.4.13.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.0.2-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.1-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.2-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.3.1-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | phpmyadmin | pro | 4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1+esm6 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | phpmyadmin | source | sid | 4:4.6.5.1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | phpmyadmin | source | forky | 4:4.6.5.1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | phpmyadmin | source | trixie | 4:4.6.5.1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | phpmyadmin | source | bookworm | 4:4.6.5.1-1 | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Alpine | phpmyadmin | apk | 3.2 | 4.4.15.9-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2016-9857 | Not reported |
| Alpine | phpmyadmin | apk | 3.4 | 4.6.5.2-r0 | Not reported | ALPINE-CVE-2016-9857 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [phpmyadmin]Fixed
Details (2)
4:5.2.1+dfsg-1+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4:4.6.5.1-1dsa · phpmyadmin · debian · bookworm; dsa · phpmyadmin · debian · 12
4:5.2.1+dfsg-1+deb12u1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
4:4.6.5.1-1dsa · phpmyadmin · debian · bookworm; dsa · phpmyadmin · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [phpmyadmin]Fixed
Details (2)
4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-1+deb13u1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4:4.6.5.1-1dsa · phpmyadmin · debian · 13
4:5.2.2-really+dfsg-1+deb13u1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
4:4.6.5.1-1dsa · phpmyadmin · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10054-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2016-9857]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9857]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9857]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9857]
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