phpMyAdmin Database Name SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting


Description   Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in phpMyAdmin, which could be exploited by malicious users to conduct cross site scripting and SQL injection attacks. These issues are caused by an input validation error in the "db_create.php" script when processing the "db" parameter, which could be exploited by authenticated attackers to inject and execute arbitrary SQL queries or scripting code.
     
Vulnerable Products   Vulnerable Software:
phpMyAdmin versions prior to 2.11.2.1
     
Solution   Upgrade to phpMyAdmin version 2.11.2.1 : http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php
     
CVE   CVE-2007-5977
CVE-2007-5976
     
References   http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2007-7
http://www.digitrustgroup.com/advisories/tdg-advisory071108a.html
     
Vulnerability Manager Detection   No
     
IPS Protection  
ASQ Engine alarm Available Since
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OR statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious SELECT statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious combination of 'OR' or 'AND' statements in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : possible version probing in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious CREATE statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OPENROWSET statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OPENQUERY statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious CREATE statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious UPDATE statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious UNION statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious OPENQUERY statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious shutdown statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious UNION SELECT statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious DROP statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : possible database version probing
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious INSERT statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OR statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious UPDATE SET statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious EXEC statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious SELECT statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious INSERT statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious DROP statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious OPENROWSET statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious EXEC statement in URL
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - POST : suspicious HAVING statement in data
3.2.0
SQL injection Prevention - GET : suspicious SQL statement in header
4.0.0
     


 
 
 
 
 Risk level 
Moderate 

 Vulnerability First Public Report Date 
2007-11-12 

 Target Type 
Server 

 Possible exploit 
Local & Remote