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FreeBSD : phpmyadmin -- XSS Vulnerabilities (e285a1f4-4568-11dd-ae96-0030843d3802)
low Nessus Plugin ID 33375
Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.Description
Secunia report :Some vulnerabilities have been reported in phpMyAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed via unspecified parameters to files in /libraries is not 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.
Successful exploitation requires that 'register_globals' is enabled and support for '.htaccess' files is disabled.
Solution
Update the affected package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 33375
File Name: freebsd_pkg_e285a1f4456811ddae960030843d3802.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 7/2/2008
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/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: 6/28/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/23/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-2960