phpMyAdmin UTF-7 cross-site scripting
| phpmyadmin-utf7-xss (29957) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
phpMyAdmin is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using UTF-7 encoded characters in a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 2.4 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of phpMyAdmin (2.9.0.3 or later), available from the phpMyAdmin Web site. See References.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Thu Nov 02 2006 - 02:10:38 CST: Advisory 12/2006: phpMyAdmin - error.php XSS Vulnerability.
- phpMyAdmin security announcement PMASA-2006-6: XSS vulnerability.
- phpMyAdmin Web site: phpMyAdmin | MySQL Database Administration Tool | www.phpmyadmin.net.
- BID-20856: PHPMyAdmin UTF-7 Encoding Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-5718: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in error.php in phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 through 2.9.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 or US-ASCII encoded characters, which are injected into an error message, as demonstrated by a request with a utf7 charset parameter accompanied by UTF-7 data.
- OSVDB ID: 30171: phpMyAdmin error.php UTF-7 / UT-ASCII XSS
- SA22599: phpMyAdmin UTF-7 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- SUSE-SA:2006:071: phpMyAdmin security upgrade to 2.9.1.1
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-4298: phpMyAdmin UTF-7 Characters Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.6.4-2.9.0.2
- SUSE SuSE Linux 10.1
Reported:
Nov 01, 2006
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