Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-9219 - Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in PHPmyadmin

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
NONE
network
phpmyadmin
CWE-79
nessus
NVD
Published: 2014-12-08
Updated: 2017-09-08

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the redirection feature in url.php in phpMyAdmin 4.2.x before 4.2.13.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the url parameter.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Phpmyadmin
18

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 familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-16358.NASL
    descriptionphpMyAdmin 4.2.13.1 (2014-12-03) ================================ - [security] XSS vulnerability in redirection mechanism - [security] DOS attack with long passwords 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 seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-12-15
    plugin id79936
    published2014-12-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79936
    titleFedora 20 : phpMyAdmin-4.2.13.1-1.fc20 (2014-16358)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2014-16358.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(79936);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9218", "CVE-2014-9219");
  script_bugtraq_id(71434, 71435);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2014-16358");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 20 : phpMyAdmin-4.2.13.1-1.fc20 (2014-16358)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"phpMyAdmin 4.2.13.1 (2014-12-03) ================================

  - [security] XSS vulnerability in redirection mechanism

    - [security] DOS attack with long passwords

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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170597"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170604"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145885.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ae279afb"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected phpMyAdmin package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:phpMyAdmin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/15");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^20([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 20.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC20", reference:"phpMyAdmin-4.2.13.1-1.fc20")) 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 familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2014-776.NASL
    descriptionphpMyAdmin on openSUSE 12.3 and 13.1 was updated to 4.1.14.8. This update fixes one vulnerability. - Security fixes : - PMASA-2014-17 (CVE-2014-9218, CWE-661 CWE-400) [boo#908363] http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014- 17.php - sf#4611 [security] DOS attack with long passwords phpMyAdmin on openSUSE 13.2 was updated to 4.2.13.1 (2014-12-03) - Security fixes : - PMASA-2014-18 (CVE-2014-9219, CWE-661 CWE-79) [boo#908364] http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014- 18.php - sf#4612 [security] XSS vulnerability in redirection mechanism - PMASA-2014-17 (CVE-2014-9218, CWE-661 CWE-400) [boo#908363] http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014- 17.php - sf#4611 [security] DOS attack with long passwords - Bugfixes : - sf#4604 Query history not being deleted - sf#4057 db/table query string parameters no longer work - sf#4605 Unseen messages in tracking - sf#4606 Tracking report export as SQL dump does not work - sf#4607 Syntax error during db_copy operation - sf#4608 SELECT permission issues with relations and restricted access
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-12-16
    plugin id80049
    published2014-12-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/80049
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-SU-2014:1636-1)
    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-2014-776.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(80049);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9218", "CVE-2014-9219");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-SU-2014:1636-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2014-776 patch");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"phpMyAdmin on openSUSE 12.3 and 13.1 was updated to 4.1.14.8. This
update fixes one vulnerability.

  - Security fixes :

  - PMASA-2014-17 (CVE-2014-9218, CWE-661 CWE-400)
    [boo#908363]
    http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-
    17.php

  - sf#4611 [security] DOS attack with long passwords

phpMyAdmin on openSUSE 13.2 was updated to 4.2.13.1 (2014-12-03)

  - Security fixes :

  - PMASA-2014-18 (CVE-2014-9219, CWE-661 CWE-79)
    [boo#908364]
    http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-
    18.php

  - sf#4612 [security] XSS vulnerability in redirection
    mechanism

  - PMASA-2014-17 (CVE-2014-9218, CWE-661 CWE-400)
    [boo#908363]
    http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-
    17.php

  - sf#4611 [security] DOS attack with long passwords

  - Bugfixes :

  - sf#4604 Query history not being deleted

  - sf#4057 db/table query string parameters no longer work

  - sf#4605 Unseen messages in tracking

  - sf#4606 Tracking report export as SQL dump does not work

  - sf#4607 Syntax error during db_copy operation

  - sf#4608 SELECT permission issues with relations and
    restricted access"
  );
  # http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-17.php
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2014-17/"
  );
  # http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-18.php
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2014-18/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=908363"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=908364"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00054.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected phpMyAdmin package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  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:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/16");
  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|SUSE13\.2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "12.3 / 13.1 / 13.2", release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);



flag = 0;

if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"phpMyAdmin-4.1.14.8-1.38.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"phpMyAdmin-4.1.14.8-28.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"phpMyAdmin-4.2.13.1-8.1") ) 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 familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-16474.NASL
    descriptionphpMyAdmin 4.2.13.1 (2014-12-03) ================================ - [security] XSS vulnerability in redirection mechanism - [security] DOS attack with long passwords 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 seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-12-15
    plugin id79948
    published2014-12-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79948
    titleFedora 19 : phpMyAdmin-4.2.13.1-1.fc19 (2014-16474)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_C9C46FBF7B8311E4A96E6805CA0B3D42.NASL
    descriptionThe phpMyAdmin development team reports : DoS vulnerability with long passwords. With very long passwords it was possible to initiate a denial of service attack on phpMyAdmin. We consider this vulnerability to be serious. This vulnerability can be mitigated by configuring throttling in the webserver. XSS vulnerability in redirection mechanism. With a crafted URL it was possible to trigger an XSS in the redirection mechanism in phpMyAdmin. We consider this vulnerability to be non critical.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id79734
    published2014-12-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79734
    titleFreeBSD : phpMyAdmin -- XSS and DoS vulnerabilities (c9c46fbf-7b83-11e4-a96e-6805ca0b3d42)
  • NASL familyCGI abuses
    NASL idPHPMYADMIN_PMASA_2014_18.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the phpMyAdmin application hosted on the remote web server is 4.0.x prior to 4.0.10.7, 4.1.x prior to 4.1.14.8, or 4.2.x prior to 4.2.13.1. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities : - A flaw exists in handling overly long passwords. It is possible that a remote attacker can cause a denial of service by using a long password. (CVE-2014-9218) - A cross-site scripting flaw exists due to the improper validation of URLs when handling redirection. A remote attacker, by using a specially crafted request, could execute arbitrary script code within the trust relationship of the browser and server. Note that this applies only to versions 4.2.x prior to 4.2.13.1. (CVE-2014-9219) Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id79797
    published2014-12-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79797
    titlephpMyAdmin 4.0.x < 4.0.10.7 / 4.1.x < 4.1.14.8 / 4.2.x < 4.2.13.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2014-17 - PMASA-2014-18)
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2014-243.NASL
    descriptionMultiple vulnerabilities has been discovered and corrected in phpmyadmin : libraries/common.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.7, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.8, and 4.2.x before 4.2.13.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a long password (CVE-2014-9218). Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the redirection feature in url.php in phpMyAdmin 4.2.x before 4.2.13.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the url parameter (CVE-2014-9219). This upgrade provides the latest phpmyadmin version (4.2.13.1) to address these vulnerabilities.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id79988
    published2014-12-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79988
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : phpmyadmin (MDVSA-2014:243)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-16327.NASL
    descriptionphpMyAdmin 4.2.13.1 (2014-12-03) ================================ - [security] XSS vulnerability in redirection mechanism - [security] DOS attack with long passwords 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 seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-12-15
    plugin id79933
    published2014-12-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79933
    titleFedora 21 : phpMyAdmin-4.2.13.1-1.fc21 (2014-16327)

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