phpMyAdmin 3.4.x < 3.4.5 XSS (PMASA-2011-14)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56379

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of phpMyAdmin on the remote host is 3.4.x prior to 3.4.5.
This version is affected by multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities:

- The data used in the row content display after inline editing is not properly sanitized before it is passed back to the browser.

- The data passed in as table, column, and index names is not properly sanitized before it is passed back to the browser.

A remote attacker may use these issues to cause arbitrary code to be executed in a user's browser, to steal authentication cookies and/or to launch other types of attacks.

Solution

Apply the vendor patches or upgrade to phpMyAdmin version 3.4.5 or later.

See Also

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-14.php

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56379

File Name: phpmyadmin_pmasa_2011_14.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: remote

Published: 10/3/2011

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin

Required KB Items: www/PHP, www/phpMyAdmin

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2011

Reference Information

BID: 49648

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990