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CVE-2016-2045

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4 EPSS 1.54% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-02-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.4. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2016-2045
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.4
EPSS
1.54%

Original NVD Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the SQL editor in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a SQL query that triggers JSON data in a response.