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Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:34:09 +0200
From: Nico Golde <oss-security+ml@...lde.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE request: phpmyadmin < 2.11.8
Hi Steven,
* Steven M. Christey <coley@...us.mitre.org> [2008-08-04 22:10]:
> Name: CVE-2008-3457
> Status: Candidate
> URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3457
> Reference: MISC:http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/XSS_inPhpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf
> Reference: CONFIRM:http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-6
> Reference: FRSIRT:ADV-2008-2226
> Reference: URL:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2226/references
> Reference: SECUNIA:31263
> Reference: URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31263
>
> Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in setup.php in phpMyAdmin
> before 2.11.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject
> arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted setup arguments. NOTE: this
> issue can only be exploited in limited scenarios in which the attacker
> must be able to modify config/config.inc.php.
Hmm where is the issue here? Sure the application is
vulnerable if an attacker can edit a file that is included
all over the place. I think you have way more problems than
an XSS in setup.php in such a case.
Cheers
Nico
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