Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2014-4349
Published: June 25, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32522
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2014-4349
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
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 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-4349
Update to version 4.1.14.1.
Sources
- 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