PMASA-2013-11
Announcement-ID: PMASA-2013-11
Date: 2013-07-28
Updated: 2013-07-30
Summary
If a crafted version.json would be presented, an XSS could be introduced.
Description
Due to not properly validating the version.json file, which is fetched from the phpMyAdmin.net website, could lead to an XSS attack, if a crafted version.json file would be presented.
Severity
We consider this vulnerability serious.
Mitigation factor
This vulnerability can only be exploited with a combination of complicated techniques and tricking the user to visit a page.
Affected Versions
Versions 3.5.x (prior to 3.5.8.2) and 4.0.x (prior to 4.0.4.2) are affected.
Solution
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 3.5.8.2 or 4.0.4.2 or newer or apply the patches listed below.
References
Thanks to Emanuel Bronshtein for reporting these issues.
Assigned CVE IDs: CVE-2013-4996
CWE IDs: CWE-661 CWE-300 CWE-79
Patches
The following commits have been made to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 3.5 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.