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GHSA-rmmf-5xhh-gg27 phpMyAdmin path disclosure

MEDIUM Published 2022-05-17 Modified 2023-11-02 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-9853
Ecosystem
Packagist
Packages
phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200
Reviewed
2023-07-31

Affected packages

• Packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin: >= 4.6.0, < 4.6.5 → fixed in 4.6.5 • Packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin: >= 4.4.0, < 4.4.15.9 → fixed in 4.4.15.9

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected. This CVE is for the fopen wrapper issue.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2016-9853 An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References