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CVE-2005-2869

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Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin before 2.6.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the Username to libraries/auth/cookie.auth.lib.php or (2) the error parameter to error.php.

References

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_66_phpmyadmin.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-880

http://secunia.com/advisories/17607

http://secunia.com/advisories/17559

http://secunia.com/advisories/17337

http://secunia.com/advisories/16605

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-09-08

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.12548

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