An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. When the arg_separator is different from its default & value, the CSRF token was not properly stripped from the return URL of the preference import action. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4843-1 advisory.

    Javier Nieto and Andres Rojas discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly managed input in the form of     passwords. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service (DoS). This issue only     affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-9218)

    Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input in the form of database     names in the PHP Array export feature. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to run     arbitrary PHP commands. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-6609)

    Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input. An attacker could use     this vulnerability to execute SQL injection attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu     16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-6619)

    Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyadmin failed to properly sanitize input. An authenticated attacker     could use this vulnerability to cause a denial-of-service (DoS). This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM     and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-6630)

    Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input. An attacker could use     this vulnerability to bypass AllowRoot restrictions and deny rules for usernames. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-9849)

    Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin would allow sensitive information to be leaked when the     argument separator in a URL was not the default & value. An attacker could use this vulnerability to     obtain the CSRF token of a user. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
    (CVE-2016-9866)

    Isaac Bennetch discovered that phpMyAdmin was incorrectly restricting user access due to the behavior of     the substr function on some PHP versions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to bypass login     restrictions established for users that have no password set. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
    This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-18264)

    Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input in the form of parameters     sent during a table editing operation. An attacker could use this vulnerability to trigger an endless     recursion and cause a denial-of-service (DoS). This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04     ESM. (CVE-2017-1000014)

    Emanuel Bronshtein discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input used to generate a web     page. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to execute CSS injection attacks. This issue     only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-1000015)

    It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled certain input. An attacker could use this     vulnerability to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack via a crafted URL. This issue only affected     Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-7260)

    It was discovered phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled database names. An attacker could possibly use this to     trigger a cross-site scripting attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM.
    (CVE-2018-12581)

    Daniel Le Gall discovered that phpMyAdmin would expose sensitive information to unauthorized actors due to     an error in its transformation feature. An authenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to leak the     contents of a local file. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-19968)

    It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled user input. An attacker could possibly use this to     perform a cross-site scripting attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-19970)

    It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input. An attacker could use this     vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted database name. This issue only     affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-11768)

    It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled some requests. An attacker could possibly use this     to perform a cross site request forgery attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
    (CVE-2019-12616)

    It was discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled some requests. An attacker could possibly use this     to perform a cross site request forgery attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04     ESM. (CVE-2019-12922)

    It was discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input. An attacker could use this     vulnerability to execute an SQL injection attack via a specially crafted username. This issue only     affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-6798)

    It was discovered that phpMyAdmin did not properly sanitize certain input. An attacker could use this     vulnerability to possibly execute an HTML injection or a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue     only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-19617)

    CSW Research Labs discovered that phpMyAdmin failed to properly sanitize input.

    An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute SQL injection attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu     16.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-5504)

    Giwan Go and Yelang Lee discovered that phpMyAdmin was vulnerable to an XSS attack in the transformation     feature. If a victim were to click on a crafted link, an attacker could run malicious JavaScript on the     victim's system. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-26934)

    Andre S discovered that phpMyAdmin incorrectly handled certain SQL statements in the search feature. A     remote, authenticated attacker could use this to inject malicious SQL into a query. This issue only     affected Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-26935)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

According to its self-reported version, the phpMyAdmin application hosted on the remote web server is 4.0.x prior to 4.0.10.18, 4.4.x prior to 4.4.15.9, or 4.6.x prior to 4.6.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. When the user does not specify a blowfish_secret key for encrypting     cookies, phpMyAdmin generates one at runtime. A vulnerability was reported where the way this value is     created uses a weak algorithm. This could allow an attacker to determine the user's blowfish_secret and     potentially decrypt their cookies. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to     4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9847)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. phpinfo (phpinfo.php) shows PHP information including values of     HttpOnly cookies. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x     versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9848)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction     ($cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']) and deny rules for username by using Null Byte in the username. All     4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to     4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9849)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Username matching for the allow/deny rules may result in wrong     matches and detection of the username in the rule due to non-constant execution time. All 4.6.x versions     (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are     affected. (CVE-2016-9850)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted request parameter value it is possible to bypass the     logout timeout. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.
    (CVE-2016-9851)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an     unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the     full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export     functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the     export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.
    This CVE is for the curl wrapper issue. (CVE-2016-9852)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an     unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the     full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export     functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the     export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.
    This CVE is for the fopen wrapper issue. (CVE-2016-9853)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an     unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the     full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export     functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the     export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.
    This CVE is for the json_decode issue. (CVE-2016-9854)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an     unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains the     full path of the directory where phpMyAdmin is installed. During an execution timeout in the export     functionality, the errors containing the full path of the directory of phpMyAdmin are written to the     export file. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9) are affected.
    This CVE is for the PMA_shutdownDuringExport issue. (CVE-2016-9855)

  - An XSS issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin because of an improper fix for CVE-2016-2559 in PMASA-2016-10.
    This issue is resolved by using a copy of a hash to avoid a race condition. All 4.6.x versions (prior to     4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.
    (CVE-2016-9856)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. XSS is possible because of a weakness in a regular expression used     in some JavaScript processing. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9),     and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9857)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted request parameter value it is possible to initiate a     denial of service attack in saved searches feature. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions     (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9858)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted request parameter value it is possible to initiate a     denial of service attack in import feature. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to     4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9859)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. An unauthenticated user can execute a denial of service attack when     phpMyAdmin is running with $cfg['AllowArbitraryServer']=true. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x     versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9860)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Due to the limitation in URL matching, it was possible to bypass     the URL white-list protection. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9),     and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9861)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted login request it is possible to inject BBCode in the     login page. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected. (CVE-2016-9862)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a very large request to table partitioning function, it is     possible to invoke a Denial of Service (DoS) attack. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5) are affected.
    (CVE-2016-9863)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. With a crafted username or a table name, it was possible to inject     SQL statements in the tracking functionality that would run with the privileges of the control user. This     gives read and write access to the tables of the configuration storage database, and if the control user     has the necessary privileges, read access to some tables of the MySQL database. All 4.6.x versions (prior     to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected.
    (CVE-2016-9864)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. Due to a bug in serialized string parsing, it was possible to     bypass the protection offered by PMA_safeUnserialize() function. All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.5),     4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are affected. (CVE-2016-9865)

  - An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin. When the arg_separator is different from its default & value, the     CSRF token was not properly stripped from the return URL of the preference import action. All 4.6.x     versions (prior to 4.6.5), 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.9), and 4.0.x versions (prior to 4.0.10.18) are     affected. (CVE-2016-9866)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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 4.0.10.x prior to 4.0.10.18, 4.4.15.x prior to 4.4.15.9, and 4.6.x prior to 4.6.5 are unpatched, and therefore affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - A flaw exists in 'blowfish_secret' that is triggered as key values are created using an insecure algorithm. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to potentially decrypt cookies and steal sensitive information.
 - A flaw exists in the 'phpinfo.php' script that is due to the script exposing the values of HttpOnly cookies. This may allow a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
 - A flaw exists in the 'libraries/plugins/auth/AuthenticationCookie.php' script that is triggered when handling NULL bytes in usernames. This may allow a remote attacker to bypass "$cfg['Servers'][$i]['AllowRoot']" AllowRoot restrictions.
 - A flaw exists in the 'libraries/ip_allow_deny.lib.php' script that is triggered by non-constant execution time during username matching. This may allow a remote attacker to bypass allow / deny rules.
 - A flaw exists that is triggered when handling input supplied via the 'last_access_time' parameter. This may allow a remote attacker to bypass the logout timeout feature.
 - A flaw exists in the 'libraries/VersionInformation.php' script related to the 'fopen' wrapper. This may allow a remote attacker to disclose the software's installation path. While such information is relatively low risk, it is often useful in carrying out additional, more focused attacks.
 - A flaw exists in 'libraries/VersionInformation.php' related to the 'curl' wrapper. This may allow a remote attacker to disclose the software's installation path. While such information is relatively low risk, it is often useful in carrying out additional, more focused attacks.
 - A flaw exists in the 'setCriterias()' function in 'libraries/SavedSearches.class.php' that is triggered as input passed via certain parameters is not properly sanitized in the saved search functionality. This may allow an authenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
 - A flaw exists in the 'import.php' script that is triggered as input passed via the skip value is not properly sanitized. This may allow an authenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
 - A flaw exists in the 'hash_hmac()' function in 'libraries/core.lib.php' that is triggered during the handling of MySQL host names. This may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service attack.
 - A flaw exists in the 'PMA_linkURL()' function in 'libraries/core.lib.php' that is due to a limitation in URL matching. This may allow a remote attacker to bypass URL whitelist protection mechanisms.
 - A flaw exists in the 'getErrorMessage()' function in 'libraries/plugins/AuthenticationPlugin.php' that is triggered during the handling of a specially crafted login request. This may allow a remote attacker to inject BBCode in the login page.
 - A flaw exists in the 'libraries/tbl_partition_definition.inc.php' script that is triggered during the handling of a very large request to table partitioning function. This may allow an authenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
 - A flaw exists that may allow carrying out a SQL injection attack. The issue is due to the 'isTracked()' function in the 'libraries/Tracker.class.php' script not properly sanitizing input to the 'user' parameter. This may allow a remote attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database, allowing for the manipulation or disclosure of arbitrary data.
 - A flaw exists that may allow carrying out a SQL injection attack. The issue is due to the 'PMA_exportAsFileDownload()' function in the 'libraries/tracking.lib.php' script not properly sanitizing input to the 'table' parameter. This may allow a remote attacker to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database, allowing for the manipulation or disclosure of arbitrary data.
 - A flaw exists in the 'PMA_safeUnserialize()' function in 'libraries/core.lib.php' that is triggered during the parsing of serialized strings. This may allow a remote attacker to bypass unserialization protection mechanisms.
 - A flaw exists in the 'prefs_manage.php' script that is triggered as the CSRF tokens are not properly stripped from return URLs of the preference import action when 'arg_separator' differs from its default value. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to potentially disclose token information.
 - A flaw exists that allows multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This flaw exists because the program does not validate input 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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
183178	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : phpMyAdmin vulnerabilities (USN-4843-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
143532	phpMyAdmin 4.0.x < 4.0.10.18 / 4.4.x < 4.4.15.9 / 4.6.x < 4.6.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	CGI abuses	critical
96426	GLSA-201701-32 : phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
9830	phpMyAdmin 4.0.10.x < 4.0.10.18 / 4.4.15.x < 4.4.15.9 / 4.6.x < 4.6.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	CGI	critical

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