PMASA-2016-38
Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-38
Date: 2016-07-13
Summary
Multiple XSS vulnerabilities
Description
Multiple XSS vulnerabilities were found in the following areas:
- Navigation pane and database/table hiding feature. A specially-crafted database name can be used to trigger an XSS attack.
- The "Tracking" feature. A specially-crafted query can be used to trigger an XSS attack.
- GIS visualization feature.
Severity
We consider this vulnerability to be non-critical.
Affected Versions
All 4.6.x versions (prior to 4.6.4) and 4.4.x versions (prior to 4.4.15.8) are affected
Solution
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.6.4, 4.4.15.8, or newer or apply patch listed below.
References
Thanks to Emanuel Bronshtein @e3amn2l for reporting this vulnerability.
Assigned CVE IDs: CVE-2016-6615
CWE IDs: CWE-661
Patches
The following commits have been made on the 4.4 branch to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 4.6 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.