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PMASA-2016-12

Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-12

Date: 2016-02-25

Summary

Multiple XSS vulnerabilities.

Description

With a crafted table/column name it is possible to trigger an XSS attack in the database normalization page.

With a crafted parameter it is possible to trigger an XSS attack in the database structure page.

With a crafted parameter it is possible to trigger an XSS attack in central columns 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 4.4.x (prior to 4.4.15.5) and 4.5.x (prior to 4.5.5.1) are affected.

Solution

Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.4.15.5, 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-2016-2561

CWE IDs: CWE-661 CWE-79

Patches

The following commits have been made on the 4.5 branch to fix this issue:

The following commits have been made on the 4.4 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.

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