#VU26290 Stored cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2020-10803
Published: March 21, 2020 / Updated: March 23, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26290
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10803
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Software vendor:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote user to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of table names. A remote user can create a specially crafted tablename, trick the victim to retrieve data from the malicious table 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 updates from vendor's website.