SQL query could be executed under another user.

PMASA-2011-2

Announcement-ID: PMASA-2011-2

Date: 2011-02-11

Summary

SQL query could be executed under another user.

Description

It was possible to create a bookmark which would be executed unintentionally by other users.

Severity

We consider this vulnerability to be critical.

Mitigation factor

To use this vulnerability, phpMyAdmin configuration storage needs to be set up and enabled and bookmarks function needs to be enabled.

Affected Versions

The 2.11.x and 3.3.x versions are affected.

Solution

Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 3.3.9.2 or newer (2.11.11.3 or newer for the older family) or apply the related patch listed below.

References

This issue was found by Michal Čihař.

Assigned CVE ids: CVE-2011-0987

CWE ids: CWE-661 CWE-89

Patches

The following commits have been made to fix this issue:

• a5464b4daff0059cdf8c9e5f4d54a80e2dd2a5b0

The following commits have been made on the 2.11 branch to fix this issue:

• 2fa4c8d97a92ae0d4e2051d5d18a18688c31f84f

More information

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