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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2013-4996)

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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2013-4996)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/31/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/04/2017
Modified
10/16/2019

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.8.2 and 4.0.x before 4.0.4.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) a crafted database name, (2) a crafted user name, (3) a crafted logo URL in the navigation panel, (4) a crafted entry in a certain proxy list, or (5) crafted content in a version.json file.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest

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