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phpMyAdmin "convcharset" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14799
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Release Date:
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2005-04-04
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Last Update:
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2005-04-13
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Popularity:
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8,839 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-2005-0992
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Description:
Oriol Torrent Santiago has reported a vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, allowing malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attack.
Input passed to the "convcharset" parameter in "index.php" isn't properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of a vulnerable site.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 2.6.2-rc1.
Solution:
Update to version 2.6.2-rc1 or later.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Oriol Torrent Santiago
Changelog:
2005-04-13: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
phpMyAdmin:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2005-3
Oriol Torrent Santiago:
http://www.arrelnet.com/advisories/adv20050403.html
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