Cross-site scripting in phpPgAdmin and Opensuse - CVE-2012-1600
Published: May 14, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41686
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-2012-1600
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: phpPgAdmin Development Team
SUSE
SUSE
Affected software:
phpPgAdmin
Opensuse
phpPgAdmin
Opensuse
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XSS attacks.
The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error in functions.php in phpPgAdmin before 5.0.4 when processing the (1) name or (2) type of a function. A remote 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1600
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00033.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48574
- http://sourceforge.net/p/phppgadmin/mailman/message/28783470/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/28/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/29/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/30/7
- http://www.osvdb.org/80870
- http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/4F6B447C.6080204@dalibo.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52761
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=808439
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74440
- https://github.com/phppgadmin/phppgadmin/commit/74174ad639664b52cc1609ede0af8bc403e98a00
- https://github.com/phppgadmin/phppgadmin/commit/e92a003624609a445c4cf57c9c3d1fcef0eae47c#diff-0