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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-5097

phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2 places tokens in query strings and does not arrange for them to be stripped before external navigation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading (1) HTTP requests or (2) server logs.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-5097

core-osv · Original source

Published 5 Jul 2016, 01:59 UTC

phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2 places tokens in query strings and does not arrange for them to be stripped before external navigation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading (1) HTTP requests or (2) server logs.

osv:CVE-2016-5097
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5097",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2016-5097",
    "summary": "phpMyAdmin before 4.6.2 places tokens in query strings and does not arrange for them to be stripped before external navigation, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading (1) HTTP requests or (2) server logs.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-5097",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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                {
                  "fixed": "11eb574242d2526107366d367ab5585fbe29578f"
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                {
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            "RELEASE_2_6_4PL4",
            "RELEASE_2_6_3PL1",
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            "RELEASE_2_6_1PL3",
            "RELEASE_2_5_6",
            "RELEASE_2_5_7PL1",
            "RELEASE_2_5_5PL1",
            "RELEASE_2_5_4",
            "RELEASE_2_5_2",
            "RELEASE_2_5_1",
            "RELEASE_2_5_0",
            "RELEASE_2_4_0",
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            "RELEASE_2_3_2",
            "RELEASE_2_3_1",
            "RELEASE_2_3_0",
            "RELEASE_2_2_7PL1",
            "RELEASE_2_2_6",
            "RELEASE_2_2_5",
            "RELEASE_2_2_4",
            "RELEASE_2_2_3",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:29.336434918Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32",
        "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/11eb574242d2526107366d367ab5585fbe29578f",
        "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/59e56bd63a5e023b797d82eb272cd074e3b4bfd1",
        "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/5fc8020c5ba9cd2e38beb5dfe013faf2103cdf0f",
        "https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/8326aaebe54083d9726e153abdd303a141fe5ad3",
        "https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-14"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2016-5097",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379427,
  "published_at": "2016-07-05T01:59:05.673+00:00"
}