phpMyAdmin pmd_pdf.php cross-site scripting
| phpmyadmin-pmdpdf-xss (46136) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
phpMyAdmin is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the pmd_pdf.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the db parameter 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: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Refer to PMASA-2008-9 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Oct 27 2008 - 07:02:51 CDT: XSS in phpMyadmin.
- gmane Mailing List, Hanno Böck | 27 Oct 23:26: CVE request phpmyadmin (Fwd: XSS in phpMyadmin).
- phpMyAdmin security announcement PMASA-2008-9: XSS on a Designer component.
- phpMyAdmin Web site: phpMyAdmin.
- TYPO3 Extension Repository: phpMyAdmin.
- TYPO3-20081110-1: Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in extension phpMyAdmin (phpmyadmin).
- BID-31928: phpMyAdmin 'pmd_pdf.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-4775: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pmd_pdf.php in phpMyAdmin 3.0.0, and possibly other versions including 2.11.9.2 and 3.0.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the db parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-6942 and CVE-2007-5977.
- GLSA-200903-32: phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
- MDVSA-2009:026: phpMyAdmin
- MDVSA-2009:026-1: phpMyAdmin
- SA32449: phpMyAdmin "db" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- SA32654: TYPO3 phpMyAdmin Extension "db" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2943: phpMyadmin db Parameter Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo Linux
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 3.0
- phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 3.0.1
Reported:
Oct 27, 2008
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