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phpMyAdmin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31974
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Release Date:
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2008-09-23
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Last Update:
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2008-10-07
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Popularity:
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1,661 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | phpMyAdmin 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-4326
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in phpMyAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
An error exists in the "PMA_escapeJsString()" function in libraries/js_escape.lib.php, which can be exploited to bypass certain filters and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site when e.g. Microsoft Internet Explorer is used.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 2.11.9.2.
Solution:
Update to version 2.11.9.2.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Masako Oono, NetAgent Co. Ltd, reported via JPCERT/CC.
Changelog:
2008-09-24: Updated credits section. Added link to "Original Advisory" section.
2008-09-26: Updated credits section. Added link to "Original Advisory" section.
2008-10-07: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
phpMyAdmin:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-8
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php?relnotes=1
JVN:
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN54824688/index.html
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