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PMASA-2014-6

Announcement-ID: PMASA-2014-6

Date: 2014-07-17

Summary

Multiple XSS in AJAX confirmation messages.

Description

With a crafted column name it is possible to trigger an XSS when dropping the column in table structure page. With a crafted table name it is possible to trigger an XSS when dropping or truncating the table in table operations page.

Severity

We consider this vulnerability to be non critical.

Mitigation factor

This vulnerability can be triggered only by someone who is logged in to phpMyAdmin, as the usual token protection prevents non-logged-in users from accessing the required pages.

Affected Versions

Versions 4.0.x (prior to 4.0.10.1), 4.1.x (prior to 4.1.14.2) and 4.2.x (prior to 4.2.6) are affected.

Solution

Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.0.10.1 or newer, or 4.1.14.2 or newer, or 4.2.6 or newer, or apply the patch listed below.

References

Assigned CVE ids: CVE-2014-4986

CWE ids: CWE-661 CWE-79

Patches

The following commits have been made to fix this issue:

The following commits have been made on the 4.1 branch to fix this issue:

The following commits have been made on the 4.0 branch to fix this issue:

More information

For further information and in case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin team. Our website is phpmyadmin.net.