phpMyAdmin 'db' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:35531

Info

phpMyAdmin 'db' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 35531
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 30 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 30 2009 08:59PM
Credit: r0t
Vulnerable: phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 3.3.0-dev
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 3.2.1-dev
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 3.2.0.1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 3.2.0-rc1
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.10-dev
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

phpMyAdmin 'db' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

phpMyAdmin is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

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

The following versions are affected:

phpMyAdmin 3.2.0.1
phpMyAdmin 3.2.1-dev
phpMyAdmin 3.3.0-dev
phpMyAdmin 2.11.10-dev
phpMyAdmin 3.2.0-rc1

Other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

phpMyAdmin 'db' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

The following example is available:

Solution / Fix

phpMyAdmin 'db' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

phpMyAdmin 'db' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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