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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-6617

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A specially crafted database and/or table name can be used to trigger an SQL injection attack through the export functionality. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) are affected.

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CVE-2016-6617

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Dec 2016, 02:59 UTC

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A specially crafted database and/or table name can be used to trigger an SQL injection attack through the export functionality. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) are affected.

osv:CVE-2016-6617
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6617",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-6617",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A specially crafted database and/or table name can be used to trigger an SQL injection attack through the export functionality. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) are affected.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-6617",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
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              "type": "GIT",
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              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "4.6.0"
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                      {
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                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "4.6.1"
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                        "last_affected": "4.6.1"
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                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.6.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.6.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.6.3"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.6.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.6.0",
            "4.6.1",
            "4.6.2",
            "4.6.3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6617.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:54.460654312Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32",
        "https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-40"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-6617",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438165,
  "published_at": "2016-12-11T02:59:24.673+00:00"
}