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FreeBSD : phpmyadmin -- 'set_theme' XSS (7b55f5c2-c58b-11da-9110-00123ffe8333)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21455

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Secunia reports :

A vulnerability has been reported in phpMyAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the 'set_theme' parameter isn't properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?91966f18

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21455

File Name: freebsd_pkg_7b55f5c2c58b11da911000123ffe8333.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 5/13/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:phpmyadmin, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1258

Secunia: 19277