Is CVE-2016-9853 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-9853 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-9853?

CVE-2016-9853 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-9853?

CVE-2016-9853 has an EPSS score of 2.54% (83th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-9853?

Upgrade phpmyadmin on debian 11 to 4:4.6.5.1-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-9853

MEDIUMEPSS 83th pctl

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected. This CVE is for the fopen wrapper issue.

CWE-200Information Exposure

How to fix

Remediation Available

phpmyadminDebian

Fixed in:4:4.6.5.1-1CVE-2016-9853

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 InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.54%probability of exploitation in 30 days

83rdpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 83% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

phpmyadmin.net

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

Other references1

security.gentoo.org

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CVE-2020-14181	Medium	5.3	100%	-	Fix
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CVE-2018-11409	Medium	5.3	98%	-	-
CVE-2021-41277	Critical	10.0	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2016-2183	High	7.5	96%	-	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.