Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the table-structure page in phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a comment.

According to its self-reported version number, the phpMyAdmin application hosted on the remote web server is 4.6.x prior to 4.6.3. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities:

  - A flaw exists in the setup/frames/index.inc.php script     that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access     the program on a non-HTTPS connection and thereby inject     arbitrary BBCode against HTTP sessions. (CVE-2016-5701)

  - An unspecified flaw exists, whenever the environment     lacks a PHP_SELF value, that allows an unauthenticated,     remote attacker to inject arbitrary attributes into     browser cookies by using a specially crafted URI.
    (CVE-2016-5702)

  - A flaw exists in the libraries/central_columns.lib.php     script when handling database names due to improper     sanitization of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this, via a crafted database     name, to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the     back-end database, resulting in modification or     disclosure of arbitrary data. (CVE-2016-5703)

  - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the     templates/table/structure/display_table_stats.phtml     script when handling table comments due to improper     validation of input before returning it to users. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script     code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-5704)

  - Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities     exist due to improper validation of user-supplied input     before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote     attacker can exploit these, via specially crafted     requests, to execute arbitrary script code or HTML in a     a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-5705)

  - A flaw exists in the js/get_scripts.js.php script when     handling a large array in the 'scripts' parameter during     the loading of a crafted JavaScript file. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to     cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2016-5706)

  - A information disclosure vulnerability exists in the     Example OpenID Authentication and Setup scripts that     allows an remote attacker, via multiple vectors, to     disclose the application's installation path in an     error message. (CVE-2016-5730)

  - A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability     exists in the examples/openid.php script when handling     OpenID error messages due to improper validation of     input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially     crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a     user's browser session. (CVE-2016-5731)

  - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the     templates/table/structure/display_partitions.phtml     script when handling table parameters due to improper     validation of input before returning it to users. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script     code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-5732)

  - Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities     exist due to improper validation of user-supplied input     before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote     attacker can exploit these, via specially crafted     requests, to execute arbitrary script code or HTML in a     user's browser session. (CVE-2016-5733)

  - A flaw exists in the table search and replace feature     due to improper sanitization of parameters before     passing them to the preg_replace() function. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via     a specially crafted string, to execute arbitrary PHP     code. (CVE-2016-5734)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the     libraries/Header.class.php script when handling     transformations due to a failure to use the 'no-referer'     Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted Transformation, to disclose sensitive     authentication token information, which then can be     potentially used to facilitate cross-site request     forgery (XSRF) attacks. (CVE-2016-5739)

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-32 (phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A authenticated remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to       execute arbitrary PHP Code, inject SQL code, or to conduct Cross-Site       Scripting attacks.
    In certain configurations, an unauthenticated remote attacker could       cause a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Versions of phpMyAdmin 4.6.x prior to 4.6.3 are unpatched, and therefore affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - A flaw exists in the Partition Range functionality that allows a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.  This flaw exists because the 'templates/table/structure/display_partitions.phtml' script does not validate input when handling table parameters before returning it to users.  This may allow a remote attacker to create a specially crafted request that would execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session within the trust relationship between their browser and the server.
 - A flaw exists that allows an XSS attack.  This flaw exists because the 'templates/table/structure/display_table_stats.phtml' script does not validate input when handling table comments before returning it to users.  This may allow a remote attacker to create a specially crafted request that would execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session within the trust relationship between their browser and the server.
 - A flaw exists which may allow a context-dependent attacker to inject arbitrary values into browser cookies.  No further details have been provided by the vendor.  Note that this vulnerability is not present on a server configured to set 'PHP_SELF'.

Please reference CVE/URL list for details

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
99663	phpMyAdmin 4.6.x < 4.6.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2016-17 - PMASA-2016-28)	Nessus	CGI abuses	critical
96426	GLSA-201701-32 : phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
9537	phpMyAdmin 4.6.x < 4.6.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	CGI	medium
91939	FreeBSD : phpMyAdmin -- multiple vulnerabilities (e7028e1d-3f9b-11e6-81f9-6805ca0b3d42)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2016-5704

medium

Tenable Plugins

critical

critical

medium

critical