Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201802-11

Severity: Medium
Date : 2018-02-23
CVE-ID : CVE-2018-7260
Package : phpmyadmin
Type : cross-site scripting
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-630

Summary

The package phpmyadmin before version 4.7.8-1 is vulnerable to cross-
site scripting.

Resolution

Upgrade to 4.7.8-1.

pacman -Syu “phpmyadmin>=4.7.8-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 4.7.8.

Workaround

None.

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_central_columns.php in
phpMyAdmin before 4.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to inject
arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.

Impact

A remote authenticated attacker is able to inject arbitrary javascript
via a crafted URL.

References

https://udiniya.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/a-tale-of-stealing-session-cookie-in-phpmyadmin/
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-1/
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d2886a3e8745e8845633ae8a0054b5ee4d8babd5
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-7260