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PMASA-2016-11

Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-11

Date: 2016-02-25

Summary

Multiple XSS vulnerabilities.

Description

By sending a specially crafted URL as part of the HOST header, it is possible to trigger an XSS attack.

A weakness was found that allows an XSS attack with Internet Explorer versions older than 8 and Safari on Windows using a specially crafted URL.

Using a crafted SQL query, it is possible to trigger an XSS attack through the SQL query page.

Using a crafted parameter value, it is possible to trigger an XSS attack in user accounts page.

Using a crafted parameter value, it is possible to trigger an XSS attack in zoom search page.

Severity

We consider this vulnerability to be non-critical.

Affected Versions

Versions 4.0.x (prior to 4.0.10.15), 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 4.0.10.15, 4.4.15.4, 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-2016-2560

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:

The following commits have been made on the 4.0 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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