phpMyAdmin up to 4.6.2 Table-Structure Page Comment cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in phpMyAdmin up to 4.6.2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Table-Structure Page. The manipulation as part of Comment leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-5704. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in phpMyAdmin up to 4.6.2 (Database Administration Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Table-Structure Page. The manipulation as part of a Comment leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the table-structure page in phpMyAdmin 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a comment.

The weakness was published 07/03/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at phpmyadmin.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5704 since 06/16/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91939 (FreeBSD : phpMyAdmin -- multiple vulnerabilities (e7028e1d-3f9b-11e6-81f9-6805ca0b3d42)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11668 (phpMyAdmin Multiple Security Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2016-18, PMASA-2016-20, PMASA-2016-25)).

Upgrading to version 4.6.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91939). Similar entries are available at VDB-88563, VDB-88571 and VDB-88573. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 91939
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : phpMyAdmin -- multiple vulnerabilities (e7028e1d-3f9b-11e6-81f9-6805ca0b3d42)
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OpenVAS ID: 69121
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for phpMyAdmin FEDORA-2016-81c2dabf20
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: phpMyAdmin 4.6.3
Patch: github.com

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06/16/2016 🔍
07/01/2016 +15 days 🔍
07/02/2016 +1 days 🔍
07/03/2016 +1 days 🔍
07/04/2016 +1 days 🔍
07/05/2016 +1 days 🔍
08/26/2022 +2243 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: phpmyadmin.net

Advisory: 72213573182896bd6a6e5af5ba1881dd87c4a20b
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-5704 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5704
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-88565
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/04/2016 10:09
Updated: 08/26/2022 12:18
Changes: 07/04/2016 10:09 (63), 02/15/2019 16:23 (11), 08/26/2022 12:18 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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