Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2012-1190
Published: May 3, 2012 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32814
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1190
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The vulnerability allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted database name.
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-2012-1190
Update to version 3.4.10.1.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079435.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079475.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079566.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:050
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2012-1.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52857
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75304
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/86073d532aed656550cb731aa5b4288b126ae7a6