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FreeBSD : phpmyadmin -- XSS vulnerability (498a8731-7cfc-11dc-96e6-0012f06707f0)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27508

Synopsis

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

Description

The DigiTrust Group discovered serious XSS vulnerability in the phpMyAdmin server_status.php script. According to their report

vulnerability 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?a77ed96b

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2007-6/

http://www.nessus.org/u?0c9548d3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27508

File Name: freebsd_pkg_498a87317cfc11dc96e60012f06707f0.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Published: 10/18/2007

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

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: 10/17/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5589

CWE: 79