Accomplishtechnology phpMyDirectory up to 10.4.6 alpha.php letter cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Accomplishtechnology phpMyDirectory. Impacted is an unknown function of the file alpha.php. This manipulation of the argument letter causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-4755. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Accomplishtechnology phpMyDirectory. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file alpha.php. The manipulation of the argument letter with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in alpha.php in phpMyDirectory 10.4.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the letter parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information.

The weakness was disclosed 09/13/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-4755 since 09/13/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:alpha.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Secunia (SA21875†). The entry VDB-32258 is pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Accomplishtechnology

Name

• phpMyDirectory

Version

• 1.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.1.7
• 1.1.8
• 1.1.9
• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5
• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 10.1.3
• 10.4.4
• 10.4.5
• 10.4.6

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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