PMASA-2016-10
Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-10
Date: 2016-02-25
Summary
XSS vulnerability in SQL parser.
Description
Using a crafted SQL query, it is possible to trigger an XSS attack through the SQL query page.
Severity
We consider this vulnerability to be non-critical.
Mitigation factor
This vulnerability can be triggered only by someone who is logged in to phpMyAdmin, as the usual token protection prevents non-logged-in users from accessing the required pages.
Affected Versions
Versions 4.5.x (prior to 4.5.5.1) are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.5.5.1 or newer or apply patch listed below.
References
Thanks to Emanuel Bronshtein @e3amn2l for reporting these vulnerabilities.
Assigned CVE IDs: CVE-2016-2559
Patches
The following commits have been made on the 4.5 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.