Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in error.php in phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 through 2.9.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 or US-ASCII encoded characters, which are injected into an error message, as demonstrated by a request with a utf7 charset parameter accompanied by UTF-7 data.
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 ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | phpmyadmin | 4:2.9.0.3-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | phpmyadmin | 4:2.9.0.3-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | phpmyadmin | 4:2.9.0.3-1 | — |
References
- 20856 vdb-entry
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2006-6
- ADV-2006-4298 vdb-entry
- phpmyadmin-utf7-xss(29957) vdb-entry
- 20061102 Advisory 12/2006: phpMyAdmin - error.php XSS Vulnerability mailing-list
- 22599 third-party-advisory
- 23086 third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2006:071 vendor-advisory
- http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_122006.137.html