FreeBSD : phpmyadmin -- XSS vulnerability (51b51d4a-7c0f-11dc-9e47-0011d861d5e2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27067

Synopsis

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

Description

SecurityFocus reports :

phpMyAdmin is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal potentially sensitive information and launch other attacks.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2007-5/

http://www.nessus.org/u?8914dde2

http://www.nessus.org/u?e5aeac6c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27067

File Name: freebsd_pkg_51b51d4a7c0f11dc9e470011d861d5e2.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5386

BID: 26020

CWE: 79

Secunia: 27173