CVE-2016-9849

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CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

2%p79

Published

Dec 11, 2016 (Dec 11, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction ($cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']) and deny rules for username by using Null Byte in the username. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.

Vendors: phpmyadmin
Products: phpmyadmin
Weakness: CWE-264
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (2.0%)

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