Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2011-3592

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 (1) database name, (2) table name, or (3) column name that is not properly handled after an inline-editing operation. 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-2011-3592

Sources

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/30/8
• http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-14.php
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738681
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/2f28ce9c800274190418da0945ce3647d36e1db6