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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2005-0543 EUVD-2005-0544GHSA-gj5v-2g4g-3xxm

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via (1) the st…

Published Feb 24, 2005 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Package: phpmyadmin Ecosystem: Debian

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML and web script via (1) the strServer, cfg[BgcolorOne], or strServerChoice parameters in select_server.lib.php, (2) the bg_color or row_no parameters in display_tbl_links.lib.php, the left_font_family parameter in theme_left.css.php, or the right_font_family parameter in theme_right.css.php.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 phpmyadmin 3:2.6.1-pl2-1 —
Debian 13 phpmyadmin 3:2.6.1-pl2-1 —
Debian 12 phpmyadmin 3:2.6.1-pl2-1 —

Public exploits

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