Description
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in index.php in phpMyAdmin 2.8.0 through 2.9.2 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks by injecting arbitrary JavaScript or HTML in a (1) db or (2) table parameter value followed by an uppercase </SCRIPT> end tag, which bypasses the protection against lowercase </script>.
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 | 4:2.10.0.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | phpmyadmin | 4:2.10.0.2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | phpmyadmin | 4:2.10.0.2-1 | — |
| Debian 4.0 | phpmyadmin | 4:2.9.1.1-4 | DSA-1370-2, DSA-1370-1 |
| Debian 3.1 | phpmyadmin | 4:2.6.2-3sarge5 | DSA-1370-2, DSA-1370-1 |
Advisories 2
- DSA-1370-1 phpmyadmin - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- DSA-1370-2 phpmyadmin - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- phpmyadmin-dbtable-xss(32858) vdb-entry
- 26733 third-party-advisory
- 35048 vdb-entry
- 2402 third-party-advisory
- http://www.virtuax.be/advisories/Advisory2-24012007.txt
- DSA-1370 vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2007:199 vendor-advisory
- 20070307 xss in phpmyadmin >=2.8.0 and < 2.10.0 mailing-list