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phpMyAdmin "convcharset" Cross-Site Scripting
Secunia Advisory: SA27748
Release Date: 2007-11-21
Last Update: 2007-11-28
Popularity: 5,704 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-2007-6100


Description:
Tim Brown has discovered a vulnerability in phpMyAdmin, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "convcharset" parameter in index.php (when "auth_type" in the configuration is set to "cookie") is not 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 is confirmed in version 2.11.2.1. Prior versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 2.11.2.2.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Tim Brown, Nth Dimension

Changelog:
2007-11-28: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
PMASA-2007-8:
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2007-8

Tim Brown:
http://www.nth-dimension.org.uk/pub/NDSA20071119.txt.asc


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