Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2012-5368
Published: October 25, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43372
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-2012-5368
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 man-in-the-middle attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by modifying this code.
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-2012-5368
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00033.html
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2012-7.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55939
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/50edafc0884aa15d0a1aa178089ac6a1ad2eb18a
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/a547f3d3e2cf36c6a904fa3e053fd8bddd3fbbb0