Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin and Opensuse - CVE-2016-5099

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Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin and Opensuse - CVE-2016-5099

Published: July 5, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40211
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5099
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 phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.6 and 4.6.x before 4.6.2. 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
Opensuse
Fedora
phpMyAdmin4
phpMyAdmin

How to mitigate CVE-2016-5099

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

phpMyAdmin4 - update to 4.0.10.15-2.el5
phpMyAdmin - addressed in versions 4.0.10.15-2.el6, 4.4.15.6-1.el7, 4.6.2-1.fc22, 4.6.2-1.fc23, 4.6.2-1.fc24

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