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phpMyAdmin "theme" and "db" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA20113
Release Date: 2006-05-15
Last Update: 2006-06-12
Popularity: 9,729 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:phpMyAdmin 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-2417
CVE-2006-2418


Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in phpMyAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

1) Input passed to the "theme" parameter 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 an affected site.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 2.8.0.4 for the 2.8.0 branch.

2) Input passed to the "db" parameter 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 an affected site.

The vulnerability has been reported in some versions prior to 2.8.0.4.

Solution:
Update to version 2.8.0.4.
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php

Provided and/or discovered by:
1) Reported by the vendor.
2) The vendor credits Sven Vetsch/Disenchant.

Changelog:
2006-06-12: Updated CVE references.

Original Advisory:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2006-2


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