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An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the %u username replacement functionality of the SaveDir and UploadDir features

Published Dec 11, 2016

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin involving the %u username replacement functionality of the SaveDir and UploadDir features. When the username substitution is configured, a specially-crafted user name can be used to circumvent restrictions to traverse the file system. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.17) are affected.

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Remediation

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References (4)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 11, 2016
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Aug 6, 2016
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a