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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-9862

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.

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CVE-2016-9862

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Dec 2016, 03:00 UTC

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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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9862",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2016-9862",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-9862",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "4.6.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.6.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "4.6.1"
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                      }
                    ],
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                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
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                        "introduced": "4.6.2"
                      },
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                        "last_affected": "4.6.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.6.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.6.4"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.6.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.6.0",
            "4.6.1",
            "4.6.2",
            "4.6.3",
            "4.6.4"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9862.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:44.447462962Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32",
        "https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-67"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-9862",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 435889,
  "published_at": "2016-12-11T03:00:03.197+00:00"
}