PhpMyAdmin tbl_structure.php cross-site request forgery

phpmyadmin-tblstructure-csrf (47168) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

PhpMyAdmin is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. By persuading an authenticated victim to visit a specially-crafted Web site containing a malicious img tag, a remote attacker could send a malformed GET request from the image src url to the tbl_structure.php script to perform SQL injection, cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 3.5
  Access Vector: Network
  Access Complexity: Medium
  Authentication: Single
  Confidentiality Impact: None
  Integrity Impact: Partial
  Availability Impact: None
 
Temporal Score: 3
  Exploitability: High
  Remediation Level: Official-Fix
  Report Confidence: Confirmed

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of phpMyAdmin (3.1.1.0 or later), available from the phpMyAdmin Web site. See References.

References:

  • phpMyAdmin Web site: phpMyAdmin.
  • BID-32720: phpMyAdmin 'table' Parameter SQL Injection Vulnerability
  • CVE-2008-5621: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.9.4 and 3.x before 3.1.1.0 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions as the administrator via a link or IMG tag to tbl_structure.php with a modified table parameter. NOTE: other unspecified pages are also reachable, but they have the same root cause. NOTE: this can be leveraged to conduct SQL injection attacks and execute arbitrary code.
  • DSA-1723: phpmyadmin -- insufficient input sanitising
  • GLSA-200903-32: phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • MDVSA-2009:026: phpMyAdmin
  • MDVSA-2009:026-1: phpMyAdmin
  • SA33076: phpMyAdmin Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
  • SA33246: TYPO3 phpMyAdmin Extension Cross-Site Request Forgery
  • SUSE-SR:2009:003: SUSE Security Summary Report

Platforms Affected:

  • Debian Debian Linux 4.0
  • Gentoo Linux
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
  • MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.0
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.0.0
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.1
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.1.0
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.1.1
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.1.2
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.2
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.2.0
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.2.1
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.2.2
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.3
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.3.0
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.4.0
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.5.0
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.5.1
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.5.2
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.6.0
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.7
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.7.0
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.7.1
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.8
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.0
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.1
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.2
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 2.11.9.3
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 3.0
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 3.0.1
  • phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin 3.1.0.0
  • Turbolinux Appliance Server 3.0 x64
  • Turbolinux Appliance Server 3.0
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux 11 Server
  • Turbolinux Turbolinux Personal

Reported:

Dec 08, 2008

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