CVE-2016-2562: phpMyAdmin

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin: version 4.5.0 only; version 4.5.0.1 only; version 4.5.0.2 only; version 4.5.1 only; version 4.5.2 only; version 4.5.3 only; …

Published 2016-03-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.