Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting phpmyadmin package, versions <4:4.6.3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-PHPMYADMIN-417636
  • published3 Jul 2016
  • disclosed3 Jul 2016

Introduced: 3 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-5733  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 phpmyadmin to version 4:4.6.3-1 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.16, 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7, and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) a crafted table name that is mishandled during privilege checking in table_row.phtml, (2) a crafted mysqld log_bin directive that is mishandled in log_selector.phtml, (3) the Transformation implementation, (4) AJAX error handling in js/ajax.js, (5) the Designer implementation, (6) the charts implementation in js/tbl_chart.js, or (7) the zoom-search implementation in rows_zoom.phtml.