{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6631","details":"An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. A user can execute a remote code execution attack against a server when phpMyAdmin is being run as a CGI application. Under certain server configurations, a user can pass a query string which is executed as a command-line argument by the file generator_plugin.sh. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.","modified":"2025-07-16T08:12:25.651586Z","published":"2016-12-11T02:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-6631"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6631"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-54/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6631"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"phpmyadmin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/phpmyadmin@4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["4:4.0.6-1","4:4.0.8-1","4:4.0.9-1","4:4.0.10-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"phpmyadmin"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6631.json"}},{"package":{"name":"phpmyadmin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/phpmyadmin@4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1"}]}],"versions":["4:4.4.13.1-1","4:4.5.0.2-2","4:4.5.1-1","4:4.5.1-2","4:4.5.1-3","4:4.5.2-1","4:4.5.2-2","4:4.5.3.1-1","4:4.5.4-1","4:4.5.4.1-2","4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu1","4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"4:4.5.4.1-2ubuntu2.1","binary_name":"phpmyadmin"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6631.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"high"}]}