High
Security advisory
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted login request it is possible to inject BBCode in the login page. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-9862
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 06:47 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted login request it is possible to inject BBCode in the login page. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.
osv:CVE-2016-9862
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:44.447462962Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
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"published_at": "2016-12-11T03:00:03.197+00:00"
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