CVE-2016-2040

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.64% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 74.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-02-20 01:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

670422a23cdaead01e953d6f6a6b67edba803ea99bf7cf92264934fc2f7dd5f2

• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0378http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00049.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• github.comhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/75a55824012406a08c4debf5ddb7ae41c32a7dbcx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/aca42efa01917cc0fe8cfdb2927a6399ca1742f2x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3627http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0357http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00028.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.phpmyadmin.nethttp://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2016-3.phpx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-e55278763ehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176739.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-e1fe01e96ehttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176483.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• github.comhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/edffb52884b09562490081c3b8666ef46c296418x_refsource_CONFIRM