Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2014-1879
Published: February 20, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32574
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1879
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in import.php in phpMyAdmin before 4.1.7. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security 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.
Affected software
phpMyAdmin
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin4
Fedora
phpmyadmin (Alpine package)
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin4
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2014-1879
Update to version 4.1.7.
phpMyAdmin - update to 4.1.7
phpmyadmin (Alpine package) - update to 3.4.11.1-r1
phpMyAdmin - update to 4.0.10.1-1.el6
phpMyAdmin4 - update to 4.0.10.3-2.el5
phpmyadmin (Alpine package) - update to 3.4.11.1-r1
phpMyAdmin - update to 4.0.10.1-1.el6
phpMyAdmin4 - update to 4.0.10.3-2.el5