CVE-2016-2040

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.13, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3, and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) table name, (2) SET value, (3) search query, or (4) hostname in a Location header.

• CWE-79

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
• http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-3.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/75a55824012406a08c4debf5ddb7ae41c32a7dbcPatch
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/aca42efa01917cc0fe8cfdb2927a6399ca1742f2Patch
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/edffb52884b09562490081c3b8666ef46c296418Patch
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
• http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-3.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/75a55824012406a08c4debf5ddb7ae41c32a7dbcPatch
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/aca42efa01917cc0fe8cfdb2927a6399ca1742f2Patch
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/edffb52884b09562490081c3b8666ef46c296418Patch

Published

Feb 20, 2016

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

• How Strix found a critical auth bypass in etcdStrix autonomously discovered a critical authentication bypass in etcd, later designated CVE-2026-33413.
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