Is CVE-2016-6607 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-6607 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-6607?

CVE-2016-6607 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-6607?

CVE-2016-6607 has an EPSS score of 1.32% (67th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6607?

Upgrade phpmyadmin on debian 11 to 4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-6607

MEDIUM

6.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

XSS issues were discovered in phpMyAdmin. This affects Zoom search (specially crafted column content can be used to trigger an XSS attack); GIS editor (certain fields in the graphical GIS editor are not properly escaped and can be used to trigger an XSS attack); Relation view; the following Transformations: Formatted, Imagelink, JPEG: Upload, RegexValidation, JPEG inline, PNG inline, and transformation wrapper; XML export; MediaWiki export; Designer; When the MySQL server is running with a specially-crafted log_bin directive; Database tab; Replication feature; and Database search. 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.

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

How to fix

Remediation Available

phpmyadminDebian

Fixed in:4:4.6.4+dfsg1-1CVE-2016-6607

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days

67thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

phpmyadmin.net

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2019-3929	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-9496	Medium	6.1	99%	-	-
CVE-2023-28341	Medium	6.1	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-12998	Medium	6.1	98%	-	-
CVE-2025-4123	High	7.6	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.