PHPMyAdmin Set_Theme Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
BID:17142
Info
PHPMyAdmin Set_Theme Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 17142 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Mar 17 2006 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Mar 20 2006 05:59PM |
| Credit: | 'Ali Asad' <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability. |
| Vulnerable: |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.8 .1 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
PHPMyAdmin Set_Theme Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
phpMyAdmin is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.
phpMyAdmin is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.
Exploit / POC
PHPMyAdmin Set_Theme Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
This issue can be exploited through use of a web client.
The following proof-of-concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/index.php?set_theme=%3Cscript%3Ealert(XSS);%3C/script%3E
This issue can be exploited through use of a web client.
The following proof-of-concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/index.php?set_theme=%3Cscript%3Ealert(XSS);%3C/script%3E
Solution / Fix
PHPMyAdmin Set_Theme Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected]
Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected]