phpMyAdmin 3.3.x / 3.4.x < 3.3.10.4 / 3.4.4 XSS (PMASA-2011-13

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55993

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host contains a version of phpMyAdmin - 3.3.x less than 3.3.10.4 or 3.4.x less than 3.4.4 - that is affected by multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

The data in the 'table', 'column', and 'index' variables of the script 'tbl_tracking.php' are not properly sanitized before being sent to the browser.

These errors can allow an unauthenticated user to trick an authenticated user into requesting a URL thereby injecting arbitrary HTML or script code into the authenticated user's browser.

These errors can also allow an attacker who has access to the database to create persistent strings of cross-site scripting code that will inject arbitrary HTML or script code into an authenticated user's browser at a later time.

Solution

Upgrade to phpMyAdmin version 3.3.10.4 / 3.4.4 or later.

See Also

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-13.php

http://fd.the-wildcat.de/pma_e36aa9e2e0.php

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55993

File Name: phpmyadmin_pmasa_2011_13.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: remote

Published: 8/29/2011

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin

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

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3181

BID: 49306

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