CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.
CVE
CVE-2016-5424
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.1
EPSS
4.61%
Original NVD Description
PostgreSQL before 9.1.23, 9.2.x before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before 9.5.4 might allow remote authenticated users with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE role to gain superuser privileges via a (1) " (double quote), (2) \ (backslash), (3) carriage return, or (4) newline character in a (a) database or (b) role name that is mishandled during an administrative operation.