Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-5339 - Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in PHPmyadmin

047910
CVSS 3.5 - LOW
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
SINGLE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
phpmyadmin
CWE-79
nessus

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.3 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted name of (1) an event, (2) a procedure, or (3) a trigger.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Embedding Scripts in Non-Script Elements
    This attack is a form of Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) where malicious scripts are embedded in elements that are not expected to host scripts such as image tags (<img>), comments in XML documents (< !-CDATA->), etc. These tags may not be subject to the same input validation, output validation, and other content filtering and checking routines, so this can create an opportunity for an attacker to tunnel through the application's elements and launch a XSS attack through other elements. As with all remote attacks, it is important to differentiate the ability to launch an attack (such as probing an internal network for unpatched servers) and the ability of the remote attacker to collect and interpret the output of said attack.
  • Embedding Scripts within Scripts
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
  • Cross-Site Scripting in Error Pages
    An attacker distributes a link (or possibly some other query structure) with a request to a third party web server that is malformed and also contains a block of exploit code in order to have the exploit become live code in the resulting error page. When the third party web server receives the crafted request and notes the error it then creates an error message that echoes the malformed message, including the exploit. Doing this converts the exploit portion of the message into to valid language elements that are executed by the viewing browser. When a victim executes the query provided by the attacker the infected error message error message is returned including the exploit code which then runs in the victim's browser. XSS can result in execution of code as well as data leakage (e.g. session cookies can be sent to the attacker). This type of attack is especially dangerous since the exploit appears to come from the third party web server, who the victim may trust and hence be more vulnerable to deception.
  • Cross-Site Scripting Using Alternate Syntax
    The attacker uses alternate forms of keywords or commands that result in the same action as the primary form but which may not be caught by filters. For example, many keywords are processed in a case insensitive manner. If the site's web filtering algorithm does not convert all tags into a consistent case before the comparison with forbidden keywords it is possible to bypass filters (e.g., incomplete black lists) by using an alternate case structure. For example, the "script" tag using the alternate forms of "Script" or "ScRiPt" may bypass filters where "script" is the only form tested. Other variants using different syntax representations are also possible as well as using pollution meta-characters or entities that are eventually ignored by the rendering engine. The attack can result in the execution of otherwise prohibited functionality.

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2012-790.NASL
    descriptionThis update of phpMyAdmin is a version upgrade to 3.5.3.0 to fix multiple XSS flaws.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-06-13
    plugin id74813
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74813
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-SU-2012:1507-1)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2012-790.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(74813);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2012-5339", "CVE-2012-5368");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-SU-2012:1507-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2012-790 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "This update of phpMyAdmin is a version upgrade to 3.5.3.0 to fix
    multiple XSS flaws."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=788103"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00033.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected phpMyAdmin package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:phpMyAdmin");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/11/06");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/06/13");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
    if (release !~ "^(SUSE12\.1|SUSE12\.2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "12.1 / 12.2", release);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.1", reference:"phpMyAdmin-3.5.3-1.31.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.2", reference:"phpMyAdmin-3.5.3-1.8.1") ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "phpMyAdmin");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_EF417DA3164011E2999BE0CB4E266481.NASL
    descriptionThe phpMyAdmin development team reports : When creating/modifying a trigger, event or procedure with a crafted name, it is possible to trigger an XSS. To display information about the current phpMyAdmin version on the main page, a piece of JavaScript is fetched from the phpmyadmin.net website in non-SSL mode. A man-in-the-middle could modify this script on the wire to cause mischief.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id62539
    published2012-10-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62539
    titleFreeBSD : phpMyAdmin -- Multiple XSS due to unescaped HTML output in Trigger, Procedure and Event pages and Fetching the version information from a non-SSL site is vulnerable to a MITM attack (ef417da3-1640-11e2-999b-e0cb4e266481)
  • NASL familyCGI abuses : XSS
    NASL idPHPMYADMIN_PMASA_2012_6.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its self-identified version number, the phpMyAdmin 3.5.x install hosted on the remote web server is earlier than 3.5.3 and is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - When creating or modifying a trigger, event, or procedure with a crafted name, it is possible for a user to trigger a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. - A man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack is possible when fetching the version information from a non-SSL site. To display information about the current phpMyAdmin version, a piece of JavaScript is fetched from the phpmyadmin.net website in non-SSL mode. A MITM attack could modify this script on the wire.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id62663
    published2012-10-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/62663
    titlephpMyAdmin 3.5.x < 3.5.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2012-6 - PMASA-2012-7)

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBugtraq ID:55925 CVE ID:CVE-2012-5339 phpMyAdmin是一款基于PHP的MySQL管理程序。 phpMyAdmin Trigger, Procedure和Event页面不正确转义HTML输出,使用特殊名创建/修改trigger, event或procedure时,可触发跨站脚本攻击,可获得敏感信息或劫持用户会话。 0 phpMyAdmin 3.5.x 厂商解决方案 phpMyAdmin 3.5.3已经修复此漏洞,建议用户下载使用: http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
idSSV:60440
last seen2017-11-19
modified2012-10-16
published2012-10-16
reporterRoot
titlephpMyAdmin 3.5.x HTML注入漏洞