CVE-2016-5734 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 81.4% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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 does not properly choose delimiters to prevent use of the preg_replace e (aka eval) modifier, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a crafted string, as demonstrated by the table search-and-replace implementation.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 81.37% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-94 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-07-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| phpmyadmin | phpmyadmin |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | phpMyAdmin 4.6.2 - (Authenticated) Remote Code Execution | 2016-07-29 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91387
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1cc7466db3a05e95fe57a6702f41773e6829d54b
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/4bcc606225f15bac0b07780e74f667f6ac283da7
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40185/
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-27/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91387
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1cc7466db3a05e95fe57a6702f41773e6829d54b
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/4bcc606225f15bac0b07780e74f667f6ac283da7
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40185/
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-27/
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