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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2014-6300)

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phpMyAdmin: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (CVE-2014-6300)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/08/2014
Created
10/23/2019
Added
10/16/2019
Modified
10/16/2019

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the micro history implementation in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.3, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.4, and 4.2.x before 4.2.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, and consequently conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack to create a root account, via a crafted URL, related to js/ajax.js.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest

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