Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2014-4348

Detailed vulnerability 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 (1) database name or (2) table name that is improperly handled after presence in (a) the favorite list or (b) recent tables. 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.

How to mitigate CVE-2014-4348

Sources

• http://phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-2.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68201
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/cb7c703c03f656debcea2a16468bd53660fc888e
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d18a2dd9faad7e0e96df799b59e16ef587afb838