phpMyAdmin CVE-2013-4995 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	61510
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2013-4995
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 28 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 14 2014 12:56AM
Credit:	Michal Bentkowski
Vulnerable:	MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64 MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 Gentoo Linux Debian Linux 6.0 sparc Debian Linux 6.0 s/390 Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc Debian Linux 6.0 mips Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 6.0 arm Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable:

phpMyAdmin CVE-2013-4995 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary HTML or script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the application's user session. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

phpMyAdmin versions 3.5.x prior to 3.5.8.2 and 4.0.x prior to 4.0.4.2 are vulnerable.

phpMyAdmin CVE-2013-4995 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

phpMyAdmin CVE-2013-4995 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

phpMyAdmin CVE-2013-4995 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• phpMyAdmin Homepage (phpMyAdmin)