Vulnerability identifier: #VU26522
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-93
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
phpMyAdmin
Web applications /
Remote management & hosting panels
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CRLF injection attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data, as demonstrated by %0D%0Astring%0D%0A inputs to login form fields. A remote attacker can cause HTML entity injection at the very least, or reflected XSS at the very worst.
Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versions
phpMyAdmin: 5.0.2
External links
http://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/issues/16056
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.