CVE-2017-1000016

A weakness was discovered where an attacker can inject arbitrary values in to the browser cookies. This is a re-issue of an incomplete fix from PMASA-2016-18.

Published: 2017-07-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-1000016 is rated Moderate Risk (52.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.12%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-1000016

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.49% 1.12% +0.63%
2 2025-12-28 0.39% 0.49% +0.10%
3 2025-12-27 — 0.39% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-1000016

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-1000016

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-1000016

GHSA-j2cq-h6v2-f875 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: composer — phpMyAdmin Cookie attribute injection attack

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-1000016

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2017-1000016 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000016
ubuntu low CVE-2017-1000016 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 7 status rows across 7 suites (artful, bionic, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 4, ignored 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000016

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-1000016

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.6.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.6.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-1000016

URL Tags
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2017-5 Third Party Advisory
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