Denial of service (DOS) attack with dbase extension

PMASA-2016-55 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-55 Date: 2016-07-25 Summary Denial of service DOS attack with dbase extension Description A flaw was discovered where, under certain conditions, phpMyAdmin may not delete temporary files during the import of ESRI files. Severity We consider this...

Referrer leak in url.php

PMASA-2016-50 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-50 Date: 2016-07-24 Summary Referrer leak in url.php Description A vulnerability was discovered where an attacker can determine the phpMyAdmin host location through the file url.php. Severity We consider this to be of moderate severity. Affected Versions...

SQL injection attack

PMASA-2016-40 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-40 Date: 2016-07-14 Summary SQL injection attack Description A vulnerability was reported where a specially crafted database and/or table name can be used to trigger an SQL injection attack through the export functionality. Severity We consider this...

DoS vulnerability with long passwords.

PMASA-2014-17 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2014-17 Date: 2014-12-03 Summary DoS vulnerability with long passwords. Description With very long passwords it was possible to initiate a denial of service attack on phpMyAdmin. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be serious. Mitigation factor This...

XSS in view operations page.

PMASA-2014-9 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2014-9 Date: 2014-08-17 Summary XSS in view operations page. Description With a crafted view name it is possible to trigger an XSS when dropping the view in view operation page. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be non critical. Mitigation factor This...

XSS in the import dialog

PMASA-2018-5 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2018-5 Date: 2018-08-21 Summary XSS in the import dialog Description A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability was found in the file import feature, where an attacker can deliver a payload to a user through importing a specially-crafted file. Severity We consider th...

CSRF token not stripped from the URL

PMASA-2016-71 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-71 Date: 2016-11-25 Updated: 2016-12-06 Summary CSRF token not stripped from the URL Description When the argseparator is different from its default value of &, the token was not properly stripped from the return URL of the preference import action...

IPv6 and proxy server IP-based authentication rule circumvention

PMASA-2016-47 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-47 Date: 2016-07-21 Summary IPv6 and proxy server IP-based authentication rule circumvention Description A vulnerability was discovered where, under certain circumstances, it may be possible to circumvent the phpMyAdmin IP-based authentication rules. When...

Multiple XSS vulnerabilities

PMASA-2016-26 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-26 Date: 2016-06-23 Summary Multiple XSS vulnerabilities Description A vulnerability was reported allowing a specially crafted table name to cause an XSS attack through the functionality to check database privileges. This XSS doesn't exist in some...

Multiple XSS vulnerabilities.

PMASA-2016-12 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-12 Date: 2016-02-25 Summary Multiple XSS vulnerabilities. Description With a crafted table/column name it is possible to trigger an XSS attack in the database normalization page. With a crafted parameter it is possible to trigger an XSS attack in the...

XSS in setup.

PMASA-2011-16 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2011-16 Date: 2011-10-17 Summary XSS in setup. Description Crafted values entered in the setup interface can produce XSS; also, if the config directory exists and is writeable, the XSS payload can be saved to this directory. Severity We consider this...

XSS vulnerabilities

PMASA-2006-1 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2006-1 Date: 2006-04-06 Summary XSS vulnerabilities Description It was possible to conduct an XSS attack with a direct call to some scripts under the themes directory. We wish to thank Toni Koivunen/CERT-FI for this advisory. Severity We consider these...

Several security issues were reported to BugTraq mailing list. However most of these issues were already fixed some time ago.

PMASA-2003-1 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2003-1 Date: 2003-06-18 Summary Several security issues were reported to BugTraq mailing list. However most of these issues were already fixed some time ago. Description Reporter wrote that he found following issues within phpMyAdmin code each issue is followed...

Username deny rules bypass (AllowRoot & Others) by using Null Byte

PMASA-2016-60 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-60 Date: 2016-11-25 Updated: 2016-12-06 Summary Username deny rules bypass AllowRoot & Others by using Null Byte Description It is possible to bypass AllowRoot restriction $cfg'Servers'$i'AllowRoot' and deny rules for username by using Null Byte in the...

Bypass URL redirect protection

PMASA-2016-49 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-49 Date: 2016-07-24 Summary Bypass URL redirect protection Description A vulnerability was discovered where an attacker could redirect a user to a malicious web page. Severity We consider this to be of moderate severity Affected Versions All 4.6.x version...

SQL injection attack

PMASA-2016-39 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-39 Date: 2016-07-14 Summary SQL injection attack Description A vulnerability was discovered in the following features where a user can execute an SQL injection attack against the account of the control user: User group Designer Severity We consider this...

XSS vulnerability in SQL parser.

PMASA-2016-10 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-10 Date: 2016-02-25 Summary XSS vulnerability in SQL parser. Description Using a crafted SQL query, it is possible to trigger an XSS attack through the SQL query page. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be non-critical. Mitigation factor This...

XSRF/CSRF vulnerability in phpMyAdmin setup.

PMASA-2015-2 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2015-2 Date: 2015-05-13 Summary XSRF/CSRF vulnerability in phpMyAdmin setup. Description By deceiving a user to click on a crafted URL, it is possible to alter the configuration file being generated with phpMyAdmin setup. Severity We consider this vulnerability...

Global variables overwrite in "export.php".

PMASA-2013-5 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2013-5 Date: 2013-04-24 Summary Global variables overwrite in "export.php". Description The export script generates global variables from those present in the $$POST superglobal. This may lead to other exploits in the export script. Severity We consider this...

HTTP Response Splitting vulnerability

PMASA-2005-6 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2005-6 Date: 2005-11-15 Summary HTTP Response Splitting vulnerability Description Some scripts in phpMyAdmin are vulnerable to an HTTP Response Splitting attack. Severity We consider these vulnerabilities to be serious. However, they can only be triggered on...

phpinfo information leak value of sensitive (HttpOnly) cookies

PMASA-2016-59 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-59 Date: 2016-11-25 Updated: 2016-12-06 Summary phpinfo information leak value of sensitive HttpOnly cookies Description phpinfo phpinfo.php shows PHP information including values of HttpOnly cookies. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be...

Multiple XSS vulnerabilities

PMASA-2016-64 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-64 Date: 2016-11-25 Updated: 2016-12-06 Summary Multiple XSS vulnerabilities Description Several XSS vulnerabilities have been reported, including an improper fix for PMASA-2016-10 and a weakness in a regular expression using in some JavaScript processing...

Remote code execution vulnerability when run as CGI

PMASA-2016-54 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-54 Date: 2016-07-25 Updated: 2016-12-08 Summary Remote code execution vulnerability when run as CGI Description A vulnerability was discovered where a user can execute a remote code execution attack against a server when phpMyAdmin is being run as a CGI...

XSS vulnerability in error reporting functionality.

PMASA-2014-15 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2014-15 Date: 2014-11-20 Summary XSS vulnerability in error reporting functionality. Description With a crafted file name it is possible to trigger an XSS in the error reporting page. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be non critical. Mitigation facto...

Multiple XSS in AJAX confirmation messages.

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...

5 XSS vulnerabilities in setup, chart display, process list, and logo link.

PMASA-2013-9 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2013-9 Date: 2013-07-28 Updated: 2013-07-30 Summary 5 XSS vulnerabilities in setup, chart display, process list, and logo link. Description In the setup/index.php, using a crafted hash with a Javascript event, untrusted JS code could be executed. In the Display...

XSS due to unescaped HTML output in GIS visualisation page.

PMASA-2013-1 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2013-1 Date: 2013-04-18 Summary XSS due to unescaped HTML output in GIS visualisation page. Description When modifying a URL parameter with a crafted value it is possible to trigger an XSS. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be non critical. Mitigation...

Local file inclusion vulnerability and code execution.

PMASA-2011-11 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2011-11 Date: 2011-07-23 Summary Local file inclusion vulnerability and code execution. Description In the 'relational schema' code a parameter was not sanitized before being used to concatenate a class name. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be...

Possible superglobal and local variables manipulation in swekey authentication.

PMASA-2011-12 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2011-12 Date: 2011-07-23 Updated: 2011-07-25 Summary Possible superglobal and local variables manipulation in swekey authentication. Description It was possible to manipulate the PHP superglobals including SESSION using some of the Swekey authentication code...

Unvalidated input on error page.

PMASA-2010-9 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2010-9 Date: 2010-12-07 Updated: 2010-02-16 Summary Unvalidated input on error page. Description It was possible to display arbitrary text and link to external site using parameters passed to particular script. Severity This issue is considered minor, because t...

XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities

PMASA-2009-6 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2009-6 Date: 2009-10-13 Summary XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities Description Cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted MySQL table name. SQL injection vulnerability allows remote...

SQL injection vulnerability (Delayed Cross Site Request Forgery)

PMASA-2008-1 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2008-1 Date: 2008-03-01 Updated: 2008-03-03 Summary SQL injection vulnerability Delayed Cross Site Request Forgery Description We received an advisory from Richard Cunningham, and we wish to thank him for his work. phpMyAdmin used the $$REQUEST superglobal as a...

XSS vulnerabilities

PMASA-2007-6 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2007-6 Date: 2007-10-17 Updated: 2007-10-24 Summary XSS vulnerabilities Description We received an advisory from Omer Singer, The DigiTrust Group, and we wish to thank him for his work. It was possible to trigger this attack on serverstatus.php. Our team fixed...

Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability

PMASA-2005-3 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2005-3 Date: 2005-04-03 Summary Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability Description We received a security advisory from Oriol Torrent Santiago and we wish to thank him for his work and report. The convcharset parameter was not correctly validated, opening the door ...

Self XSS in central columns feature

PMASA-2018-1 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2018-1 Date: 2018-02-20 Summary Self XSS in central columns feature Description A self-cross site scripting XSS vulnerability has been reported relating to the central columns feature. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be of moderate severity. Mitigati...

Full path disclosure

PMASA-2016-33 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-33 Date: 2016-07-12 Summary Full path disclosure Description A full path disclosure vulnerability was discovered where a user can trigger a particular error in the export mechanism to discover the full path of phpMyAdmin on the disk. Severity We consider...

Sensitive Data in URL GET Query Parameters

PMASA-2016-14 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-14 Date: 2016-05-25 Updated: 2016-05-30 Summary Sensitive Data in URL GET Query Parameters Description Because user SQL queries are part of the URL, sensitive information made as part of a user query can be exposed by clicking on external links to attacke...

One server from the SourceForge.net mirror system was distributing a phpMyAdmin kit containing a backdoor.

PMASA-2012-5 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2012-5 Date: 2012-09-25 Updated: 2012-09-26 Summary One server from the SourceForge.net mirror system was distributing a phpMyAdmin kit containing a backdoor. Description One of the SourceForge.net mirrors, namely cdnetworks-kr-1, was being used to distribute a...

XSS vulnerability on Tracking page.

PMASA-2011-3 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2011-3 Date: 2011-05-22 Summary XSS vulnerability on Tracking page. Description It was possible to create a crafted table name that leads to XSS. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be serious. Mitigation factor This vulnerability works in the context of...

Credentials disclosure on shared hosts via session data

PMASA-2008-2 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2008-2 Date: 2008-03-29 Summary Credentials disclosure on shared hosts via session data Description We received an advisory from Jim Hermann, and we wish to thank him for his work. phpMyAdmin saves sensitive information like the MySQL username and password and...

XSS vulnerability

PMASA-2007-5 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2007-5 Date: 2007-10-15 Summary XSS vulnerability Description We received an advisory from Omer Singer, The DigiTrust Group, and we wish to thank him for his work. It was possible to trigger this attack on setup.php. Severity We consider this vulnerability to b...

XSS vulnerability

PMASA-2006-4 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2006-4 Date: 2006-06-30 Updated: 2006-07-01 Summary XSS vulnerability Description It was possible to craft a request that contains XSS by attacking the "table" parameter. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be serious. Affected Versions Some versions...

Arbitrary file read vulnerability

PMASA-2019-1 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2019-1 Date: 2019-01-21 Summary Arbitrary file read vulnerability Description When AllowArbitraryServer configuration set to true, with the use of a rogue MySQL server, an attacker can read any file on the server that the web server's user can access. phpMyadmi...

XSS on table structure page

PMASA-2016-20 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-20 Date: 2016-06-23 Summary XSS on table structure page Description An XSS vulnerability was discovered on the table structure page Severity We consider this to be a serious vulnerability Affected Versions All 4.6.x versions prior to 4.6.3 are affected...

Cookie attribute injection attack

PMASA-2016-18 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-18 Date: 2016-06-23 Summary Cookie attribute injection attack Description A vulnerability was found where, under some circumstances, an attacker can inject arbitrary values in the browser cookies. Severity We consider this to be non-critical. Mitigation...

Self XSS

PMASA-2016-16 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-16 Date: 2016-05-25 Updated: 2016-05-26 Summary Self XSS Description A specially crafted attack could allow for special HTML characters to be passed as URL encoded values and displayed back as special characters in the page. Updated to include CVE ID...

Insecure password generation in JavaScript.

PMASA-2016-4 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2016-4 Date: 2016-01-24 Summary Insecure password generation in JavaScript. Description Password suggestion functionality uses Math.random which does not provide cryptographically secure random numbers. Severity We consider this vulnerability to be non-critical...

Multiple XSS vulnerabilities.

PMASA-2014-13 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2014-13 Date: 2014-11-20 Summary Multiple XSS vulnerabilities. Description With a crafted database, table or column name it is possible to trigger an XSS attack in the table browse page. With a crafted ENUM value it is possible to trigger XSS attacks in the...

Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in browse table, ENUM editor, monitor, query charts and table relations pages

PMASA-2014-8 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2014-8 Date: 2014-08-17 Summary Multiple XSS vulnerabilities in browse table, ENUM editor, monitor, query charts and table relations pages Description With a crafted database, table or a primary/unique key column name it is possible to trigger an XSS when...

Full path disclosure vulnerabilities.

PMASA-2013-12 Announcement-ID: PMASA-2013-12 Date: 2013-07-28 Updated: 2013-07-30 Summary Full path disclosure vulnerabilities. Description By calling some scripts that are part of phpMyAdmin in an unexpected way, it is possible to trigger phpMyAdmin to display a PHP error message which contains...