Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-6300 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the micro history implementation in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.3, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.4, and 4.2.x before 4.2.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, and consequently conduct a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack to create a root account, via a crafted URL, related to js/ajax.js.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
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 family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2014-551.NASL description phpMyAdmin was updated to 4.1.14.4 (2014-09-13) fixing bugs and security issues. - PMASA-2014-10 (CVE-2014-6300, CWE-661 CWE-352) http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014- 10.php A DOM based XSS was fixed that resulted to a CSRF that creates a ROOT account in certain conditions. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-09-23 plugin id 77804 published 2014-09-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77804 title openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-SU-2014:1150-1) 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-2014-551. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(77804); script_version("1.6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-6300"); script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-SU-2014:1150-1)"); script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2014-551 patch"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "phpMyAdmin was updated to 4.1.14.4 (2014-09-13) fixing bugs and security issues. - PMASA-2014-10 (CVE-2014-6300, CWE-661 CWE-352) http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014- 10.php A DOM based XSS was fixed that resulted to a CSRF that creates a ROOT account in certain conditions." ); # http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-10.php script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2014-10/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896635" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00032.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:12.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/09/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/09/23"); 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\.3|SUSE13\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "12.3 / 13.1", release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"phpMyAdmin-4.1.14.4-1.20.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"phpMyAdmin-4.1.14.4-12.1") ) 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 family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-10981.NASL description phpMyAdmin 4.2.8.1 (2014-09-13) =============================== - [security] DOM based XSS that results to a CSRF that creates a ROOT account in certain conditions Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-09-26 plugin id 77872 published 2014-09-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77872 title Fedora 20 : phpMyAdmin-4.2.8.1-2.fc20 (2014-10981) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201505-03.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201505-03 (phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote authenticated attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to include and execute arbitrary local files via a crafted parameter, inject SQL code, or to conduct Cross-Site Scripting attacks. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 83912 published 2015-06-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83912 title GLSA-201505-03 : phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family CGI abuses NASL id PHPMYADMIN_PMASA_2014_10.NASL description According to its self-reported version number, the phpMyAdmin application hosted on the remote web server is 4.0.x prior to 4.0.10.3, 4.1.x prior to 4.1.14.4, or 4.2.x prior to 4.2.8.1. It is, therefore, affected by an input-validation error related to the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 77702 published 2014-09-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77702 title phpMyAdmin 4.0.x < 4.0.10.3 / 4.1.x < 4.1.14.4 / 4.2.x < 4.2.8.1 Micro History XSS and XSRF Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2014-10) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-10989.NASL description phpMyAdmin 4.2.8.1 (2014-09-13) =============================== - [security] DOM based XSS that results to a CSRF that creates a ROOT account in certain conditions Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-09-26 plugin id 77873 published 2014-09-26 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77873 title Fedora 19 : phpMyAdmin-4.2.8.1-2.fc19 (2014-10989) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-10885.NASL description phpMyAdmin 4.2.8.1 (2014-09-13) =============================== - [security] DOM based XSS that results to a CSRF that creates a ROOT account in certain conditions Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2014-09-23 plugin id 77797 published 2014-09-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77797 title Fedora 21 : phpMyAdmin-4.2.8.1-2.fc21 (2014-10885) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2014-183.NASL description Updated phpmyadmin package fixes security vulnerability : In phpMyAdmin before 4.2.9, by deceiving a logged-in user to click on a crafted URL, it is possible to perform remote code execution and in some cases, create a root account due to a DOM based XSS vulnerability in the micro history feature (CVE-2014-6300). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 77840 published 2014-09-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77840 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : phpmyadmin (MDVSA-2014:183) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_CC627E6C3B8911E4B6296805CA0B3D42.NASL description The phpMyAdmin development team reports : XSRF/CSRF due to DOM based XSS in the micro history feature. By deceiving a logged-in user to click on a crafted URL, it is possible to perform remote code execution and in some cases, create a root account due to a DOM based XSS vulnerability in the micro history feature. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 77679 published 2014-09-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/77679 title FreeBSD : phpMyAdmin -- XSRF/CSRF due to DOM based XSS in the micro history feature (cc627e6c-3b89-11e4-b629-6805ca0b3d42)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00032.html
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-10.php
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-10.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69790
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69790
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/33b39f9f1dd9a4d27856530e5ac004e23b30e8ac
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/33b39f9f1dd9a4d27856530e5ac004e23b30e8ac
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-03
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-03