BID:14675

PHPMyAdmin Error.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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PHPMyAdmin Error.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	14675
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2005-2869
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 28 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 19 2015 08:51AM
Credit:	Discovery is credited to Michal Cihar.
Vulnerable:	SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 + Linux kernel 2.4.21 + Linux kernel 2.4.19 S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Standard Server 8.0 S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux School Server for i386 S.u.S.E. SUSE LINUX Retail Solution 8.0 S.u.S.E. SuSE Linux Openexchange Server 4.0 S.u.S.E. Novell Linux Desktop 9.0 S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 OSS S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 10.0 S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 x86_64 S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.3 S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 x86_64 S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.2 S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 x86_64 S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.1 S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0 x86_64 S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 9.0 S.u.S.E. Linux Professional 8.2 S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 10.0 OSS S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 x86_64 S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64 S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64 S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64 S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2 S.u.S.E. Linux Desktop 1.0 S.u.S.E. blam 10.0 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.3 -pl1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.2 -rc1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.2 + Gentoo Linux phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.1 pl3 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.1 pl1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.1 -rc1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6 .0pl3 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6 .0pl2 + Gentoo Linux 1.4 + Gentoo Linux + Gentoo Linux + Gentoo Linux phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6 .0pl1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.5.7 pl1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.5.7 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.5.6 -rc1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.5.5 pl1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.5.5 -rc2 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.5.5 -rc1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.5.5 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.5.4 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.5.3 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.3 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 + S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.5.2 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.5.1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.5 .0 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.4 .0 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.3.2 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.3.1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.2.6 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.2.5 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.2.4 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.2.3 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.2.2 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.2 rc3 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.2 rc2 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.2 rc1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.2 pre2 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.2 pre1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.2 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.1 .2 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.1 .1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.1 - Debian Linux 2.2 sparc - Debian Linux 2.2 sparc - Debian Linux 2.2 sparc - Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc - Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc - Debian Linux 2.2 powerpc - Debian Linux 2.2 arm - Debian Linux 2.2 arm - Debian Linux 2.2 arm - Debian Linux 2.2 alpha - Debian Linux 2.2 alpha - Debian Linux 2.2 alpha - Debian Linux 2.2 68k - Debian Linux 2.2 68k - Debian Linux 2.2 68k - Debian Linux 2.2 - Debian Linux 2.2 - Debian Linux 2.2 - FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 - FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 - FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2 - FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5.1 - FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5.1 - FreeBSD FreeBSD 3.5.1 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.2 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.1 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0 - Mandriva Linux Mandrake 7.0 - OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.8 - OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.8 - OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.8 - OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.7 - OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.7 - OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.7 - OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.6 - OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.6 - OpenBSD OpenBSD 2.6 - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RedHat Linux 7.0 - RedHat Linux 7.0 - RedHat Linux 7.0 - S.u.S.E. Linux 7.1 - S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0 - S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0 - S.u.S.E. Linux 7.0 - S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4 - S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4 - S.u.S.E. Linux 6.4 - Sun Solaris 8_x86 - Sun Solaris 8_x86 - Sun Solaris 8_x86 - Sun Solaris 8_sparc - Sun Solaris 8_sparc - Sun Solaris 8_sparc - Sun Solaris 7.0_x86 - Sun Solaris 7.0_x86 - Sun Solaris 7.0_x86 - Sun Solaris 7.0 - Sun Solaris 7.0 - Sun Solaris 7.0 - Sun Solaris 2.6_x86 - Sun Solaris 2.6_x86 - Sun Solaris 2.6_x86 - Sun Solaris 2.6 - Sun Solaris 2.6 - Sun Solaris 2.6 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.0.5 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.0.4 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.0.3 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.0.2 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.0.1 phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.0 Debian Linux 3.1 sparc Debian Linux 3.1 s/390 Debian Linux 3.1 ppc Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel Debian Linux 3.1 mips Debian Linux 3.1 m68k Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64 Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32 Debian Linux 3.1 hppa Debian Linux 3.1 arm Debian Linux 3.1 amd64 Debian Linux 3.1 alpha Debian Linux 3.1

Not Vulnerable:	phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 -rc1

Discussion

PHPMyAdmin Error.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

phpMyAdmin is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

This issue may be exploited to steal cookie-based authentication credentials from legitimate users of the software. Such an attack would require that the victim follows a malicious link that includes hostile HTML and script code.

Exploit / POC

PHPMyAdmin Error.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

This may be reproduced with the following input to the 'error.php' script:

/error.php?error=%3Cscript%3Ewindow.alert('a')%3C/script%3E

Solution / Fix

PHPMyAdmin Error.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian Linux has released security advisory DSA 880-1 with fixes addressing this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further details on obtaining and applying the appropriate updates.

SUSE has released advisory SUSE-SR:2005:025 to address this, and other issues in various packages, in various SUSE products. The advisory states that there are pending fixes for this issue in SUSE products. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

SUSE has released advisory SUSE-SA:2005:066 to address this and other issues in the phpMyAdmin frontend for MySQL. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

This issue has been addressed in phpMyAdmin 2.6.4-rc1.

SUSE advisory SUSE-SR:2005:028 is available to address various issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.0