SB2012050308 - Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin
Published: May 3, 2012 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012050308
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1190)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted database name.
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
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079435.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079475.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079566.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:050
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2012-1.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52857
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75304
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/86073d532aed656550cb731aa5b4288b126ae7a6