phpMyAdmin CVE-2013-4996 Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

BID:61921

Info

phpMyAdmin CVE-2013-4996 Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 61921
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2013-4996
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 28 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 14 2014 12:56AM
Credit: Emanuel Bronshtein
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:

Discussion

phpMyAdmin CVE-2013-4996 Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

phpMyAdmin is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

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

Note: These issues were previously covered in BID 61493 (phpMyAdmin Multiple SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities) but have been assigned their own record to better document it.

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

Exploit / POC

phpMyAdmin CVE-2013-4996 Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

An attacker must trick a victim into following a malicious URI to exploit multiple cross-site scripting issues.

Solution / Fix

phpMyAdmin CVE-2013-4996 Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

References

phpMyAdmin CVE-2013-4996 Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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