PHPMyAdmin UTF-7 Encoding Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:20856

Info

PHPMyAdmin UTF-7 Encoding Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 20856
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2006-5718
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 01 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 24 2006 05:35PM
Credit: Stefan Esser is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: 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 10.1
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 10.1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.9 rc1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.9 .2
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.9 .1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.9
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.8.2
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.8.1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.8 .4
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.8 .3
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.8 .1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.7 .0-beta1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.7 -pl1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.7
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 -rc1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 -pl4
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 -pl3
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 -pl1
Not Vulnerable: phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.9.0.3

Discussion

PHPMyAdmin UTF-7 Encoding Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

phpMyAdmin is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sanitize input before displaying it to users of the application.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Versions 2.6.4 to 2.9.0.2 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

PHPMyAdmin UTF-7 Encoding Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing a user into following a malicious link.

Solution / Fix

PHPMyAdmin UTF-7 Encoding Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 2.9.0.3 to address this issue.

Please see the referenced advisories for further information.


phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 -pl4

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 -pl1

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 -rc1

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 -pl3

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.7

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.7 .0-beta1

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.7 -pl1

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.8 .1

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.8 .3

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.8 .4

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.8.1

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.8.2

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.9

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.9 .2

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.9 .1

phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.9 rc1

References

PHPMyAdmin UTF-7 Encoding Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

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