CVE-2016-2562

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2562
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2562.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2562
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2016-03-01T11:59:04Z
Modified
2026-05-17T11:54:34Z
Severity
  • 6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The checkHTTP function in libraries/Config.class.php in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.5.1 does not verify X.509 certificates from api.github.com SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof these servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges":  [
        {
            "cpes":  [
                "cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.5.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events":  [
                {
                    "last_affected":  "4.5.0-beta1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected":  "4.5.0-beta2"
                }
            ],
            "source":  "CPE_FIELD",
            "vendor_product":  "phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages