SB2011082904 - Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin
Published: August 29, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3181)
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in the Tracking feature in phpMyAdmin 3.3.x before 3.3.10.4 and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 when processing a (1) table name, (2) column name, or (3) index name. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065824.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065829.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065854.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45709
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45990
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2391
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:158
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-13.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49306
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733475