Cross-site scripting in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2011-3181
Published: August 29, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44766
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-2011-3181
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in the Tracking feature in phpMyAdmin 3.3.x before 3.3.10.4 and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 when processing a (1) table name, (2) column name, or (3) index name. 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-2011-3181
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065824.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065829.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065854.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45709
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45990
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2391
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:158
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-13.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49306
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=733475