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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-9851

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted request parameter value it is possible to bypass the logout timeout. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.

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CVE-2016-9851

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Dec 2016, 02:59 UTC

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted request parameter value it is possible to bypass the logout timeout. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.

osv:CVE-2016-9851
Complete source record
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