SNS Vulnerability

phpMyAdmin Multiple Spoofing and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in phpMyAdmin, which could be exploited to conduct spoofing or cross site scripting attacks.
The first issue is caused by a design error in various scripts (except "index.php") that fail to verify whether they are linked to another domain's frames, which could be exploited to conduct phishing attacks.
The second vulnerability is caused by an input validation error when loadind data from "config/config.inc.php" via "scripts/setup.php", which could be exploited by attackers to cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser in the security context of an affected site.

Vulnerable Products

Vulnerable Software:
phpMyAdmin versions prior to 2.11.8

Solution

Upgrade to phpMyAdmin version 2.11.8 : http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php

CVE

CVE-2008-3457
CVE-2008-3456

References

http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-6
http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/Cross-Site_Framing_inphpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/XSS_inPhpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf

Vulnerability Manager Detection

IPS Protection

ASQ Engine alarm	Available Since
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious tag with event found in data	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious tag with event found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'object' tag found in data	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'applet' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'applet' tag found in data	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : 'location' javascript object found in data	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' attribute found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : javascript code found in data	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in data	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : code allowing cookie access found in data	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'a' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : cookie access attempt using script language found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'embed' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'object' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'form' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'embed' tag found in data	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'style' tag found in data	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'div' tag found in data	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : evasion attempt using tag characters encoding in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'link' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : 'script' tag found in data	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - POST : suspicious 'style' attribute found in data	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'location' javascript object found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0

Risk level

Low

Vulnerability First Public Report Date

2008-07-29

Target Type

Client

Possible exploit

Local & Remote