Headline

CVE-2020-10803: Security - PMASA-2020-4

In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability was discovered where malicious code could be used to trigger an XSS attack through retrieving and displaying results (in tbl_get_field.php and libraries/classes/Display/Results.php). The attacker must be able to insert crafted data into certain database tables, which when retrieved (for instance, through the Browse tab) can trigger the XSS attack.

4 years ago

CVE

Open in Source

#sql #xss #vulnerability #web #php

Announcement-ID: PMASA-2020-4

Date: 2020-03-20

Updated: 2020-03-22

Summary

SQL injection relating to data display

Description

An SQL injection vulnerability was discovered where malicious code could be used to trigger an XSS attack through retrieving and displaying results.

The attack requires an attacker be able to insert specially-crafted data in to certain database tables, which when retrieved (for instance, through the Browse tab) can trigger the XSS attack.

Severity

We consider this flaw to be of moderate severity.

Affected Versions

phpMyAdmin 4.9.x releases prior to 4.9.5 and the 5.0.x releases prior to 5.0.2 are affected. We believe the flaw was introduced with phpMyAdmin 3.4.

Solution

Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.9.5 or 5.0.2 or newer or apply patch listed below.

References

Thanks to Yutaka WATANABE for reporting this vulnerability.

Assigned CVE ids: CVE-2020-10803

CWE ids: CWE-661

Patches

The following commits have been made to fix this issue: