CVE-2016-2561

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

2.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 82.8% 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

2016-03-01 11:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-02-25

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

6f5e4e8014d29355cc83cbf966367ce1f0a1bc0be26a4673f0a8252ececb30a2

• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-65da02b95chttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178562.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• github.comhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/bcd4ce8cba1272fca52f2331c08f2e3ac19cbbefx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.phpmyadmin.nethttps://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-12/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/f33a42f1da9db943a67bda7d29f7dd91957a8e7ex_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3627http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• github.comhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/746240bd13b62b5956fc34389cfbdc09e1e67775x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/37c34d089aa19f30d11203bb0c7f85b486424372x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-02ee5b4002http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/178869.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• github.comhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/cc55f44a4a90147a007dee1aefa1cb529e23798bx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/983faa94f161df3623ecd371d3696a1b3f91c15fx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0666http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00020.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0663http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00018.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE