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phpMyAdmin 4.0.x < 4.0.4.1 'import.php' Security Vulnerability

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 6917

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP application that is affected by a security vulnerability as a result of improper user input sanitation.

Description

Versions of phpMyAdmin 4.0.0 through 4.0.4 are potentially affected by a remote security vulnerability that lets attackers inject arbitrary GLOBALS variable. The issue occurs because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input submitted to the 'import.php' script. Attackers can exploit this issue to inject arbitrary GLOBALS variables and manipulate any configuration parameters.

Solution

Apply the vendor patches or upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.0.4.1 or later.

See Also

http://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/012464268420e53a9cd81cbb4a43988d70393c36

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-7.php

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 6917

Family: CGI

Published: 7/9/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 67228

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4729

BID: 60940