phpMyAdmin db_create.php cross-site scripting
| phpmyadmin-dbcreate-xss (38404) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
phpMyAdmin is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the db_create.php script. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a Web browser that executes JavaScript code in the db parameter to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in an authenticated victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- phpMyAdmin, phpMyAdmin prior to 2.11.2.1
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of phpMyAdmin (2.11.2.1 or later), available from the phpMyAdmin Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- phpMyAdmin security announcement PMASA-2007-7, XSS vulnerabilities at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2007-7.
- phpMyAdmin Web site, phpMyAdmin at http://www.phpmyadmin.net/.
- The DigiTrust Group Advisory #071108a, phpMyAdmin "db_create.php" persistent cross-site scripting vulnerability at http://www.digitrustgroup.com/advisories/tdg-advisory071108a.html.
- BID-26512: phpMyAdmin DB_Create.PHP Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-5977: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_create.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.2.1 allows remote authenticated users with CREATE DATABASE privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a hex-encoded IMG element in the db parameter in a POST request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-6942.
- GLSA-200903-32: phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:229: Updated phpMyAdmin packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
- SA27630: phpMyAdmin Database Name SQL Injection and Script Insertion
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3824: phpMyAdmin Database Name SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting
Reported:
Nov 09, 2007
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