Cross-site scripting in phpmyadmin (Alpine package)



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2014-7217
CWE-ID CWE-79
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Alpine Linux Development Team

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU32489

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7217

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

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 ENUM value that is improperly handled during rendering of the (1) table search or (2) table structure page, related to libraries/TableSearch.class.php and libraries/Util.class.php. 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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

phpmyadmin (Alpine package): 4.0.4.1-r0 - 4.0.10.2-r0

CPE2.3 External links

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=6d5fc7202f6f3c9e2adc219b0852a33f804d7d05
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=64da0afb50317fe16892a0a912a169aa7facd1de
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7020a1c2bfa9ac120579c6b20fa179713087a228


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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