PMASA-2015-2
Announcement-ID: PMASA-2015-2
Date: 2015-05-13
Summary
XSRF/CSRF vulnerability in phpMyAdmin setup.
Description
By deceiving a user to click on a crafted URL, it is possible to alter the configuration file being generated with phpMyAdmin setup.
Severity
We consider this vulnerability to be non critical.
Mitigation factor
This vulnerability only affects the configuration file generation process and does not affect the effective configuration file. Moreover, the configuration file being generated is at risk only during the period when it's writable.
Affected Versions
Versions 4.0.x (prior to 4.0.10.10), 4.2.x (prior to 4.2.13.3), 4.3.x (prior to 4.3.13.1) and 4.4.x (prior to 4.4.6.1) are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.0.10.10 or newer, or 4.2.13.3 or newer, or 4.3.13.1 or newer, or 4.4.6.1 or newer, or apply the patch listed below.
References
Thanks to Inti De Ceukelaire (http://ceukelai.re) for reporting this vulnerability.
Assigned CVE IDs: CVE-2015-3902
Patches
The following commits have been made to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 4.0 branch to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 4.2 branch to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 4.3 branch to fix this issue:
More information
For further information and in case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin security team at security@phpmyadmin.net.