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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-5098

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:39 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-5098

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Jul 2016, 01:59 UTC

Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.

osv:CVE-2016-5098
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5098",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2016-5098",
    "summary": "Directory traversal vulnerability in libraries/error_report.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2-prerelease allows remote attackers to determine the existence of arbitrary files by triggering an error.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-5098",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "RELEASE_4_6_2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:29.379622144Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32",
        "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d2dc9481d2af25b035778c67eaf0bfd2d2c59dd8",
        "https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-15"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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            "extracted_events": [
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                    "introduced": "13.1"
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                    "last_affected": "13.1"
                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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    "security_relevant": true,
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379429,
  "published_at": "2016-07-05T01:59:06.677+00:00"
}