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phpMyAdmin 4.4.x < 4.4.15.3 / 4.5.x < 4.5.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2016-6, PMASA-2016-7)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 88986

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Synopsis

The remote web server hosts a PHP application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the phpMyAdmin application hosted on the remote web server is 4.4.x prior to 4.4.15.3 or 4.5.x prior to 4.5.4. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the AES.php and Rijndael.php scripts that allows a remote attacker, via a specially crafted request, to disclose the software's installation path. (CVE-2016-2042)

 - A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input to the normalization script when handling a crafted table name before returning it to users. An authenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-2043)

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to phpMyAdmin version 4.4.15.3 / 4.5.4 or later.
Alternatively, apply the patch referenced in the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-6/

https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-7/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 88986

File Name: phpmyadmin_pmasa_2016_7.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 2/26/2016

Updated: 11/22/2024

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2042

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin

Required KB Items: www/PHP, installed_sw/phpMyAdmin, Settings/ParanoidReport

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2042, CVE-2016-2043

BID: 82097, 82101