SB2014062504 - Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin
Published: June 25, 2014 Updated: July 28, 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-2014-4349)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via a crafted table name that is improperly handled after a (1) hide or (2) unhide action. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00045.html
- http://phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-3.php
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60397
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68205
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d4f754c937f9e2c0beadff5b2e38215dde1d6a79
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/daa98d0c7ed24b529dc5df0d5905873acd0b00be