Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting phpmyadmin package, versions <4:4.2.12-2+deb8u2
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.24% (63rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-PHPMYADMIN-417625
- published 5 Jul 2016
- disclosed 5 Jul 2016
How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:8 phpmyadmin to version 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream phpmyadmin package and not the phpmyadmin package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.6 and 4.6.x before 4.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via special characters that are mishandled during double URL decoding.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5099
- https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-16
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-32
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/b061096abd992801fbbd805ef6ff74e627528780
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00043.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90877
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035979
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-5099