Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-5705 - Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 6.1 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
LOW
Integrity impact
LOW
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
opensuse
phpmyadmin
CWE-79
nessus
NVD
Published: 2016-07-03
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.7 and 4.6.x before 4.6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) server-privileges certificate data fields on the user privileges page, (2) an "invalid JSON" error message in the error console, (3) a database name in the central columns implementation, (4) a group name, or (5) a search name in the bookmarks implementation.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Opensuse
3
Application
Phpmyadmin
31

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 familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2016-804.NASL
    descriptionphpMyAdmin was updated to version 4.4.15.7 to fix eight security issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2016-5701: BBCode injection vulnerability (boo#986154) - CVE-2016-5703: SQL injection attack (boo#986154) - CVE-2016-5705: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities (boo#986154) - CVE-2016-5706: DOS attack (boo#986154) - CVE-2016-5730: Multiple full path disclosure vulnerabilities (boo#986154) - CVE-2016-5731: XSS through FPD (boo#986154) - CVE-2016-5733: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities (boo#986154) - CVE-2016-5739: Referrer leak in transformations (boo#986154) This non-security issues was fixed : - Fix issue Setup script doesn
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-06-29
    plugin id91888
    published2016-06-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91888
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2016-804)
    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-2016-804.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(91888);
  script_version("2.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5701", "CVE-2016-5703", "CVE-2016-5705", "CVE-2016-5706", "CVE-2016-5730", "CVE-2016-5731", "CVE-2016-5733", "CVE-2016-5739");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2016-804)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2016-804 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 version 4.4.15.7 to fix eight security
issues.

These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2016-5701: BBCode injection vulnerability
    (boo#986154)

  - CVE-2016-5703: SQL injection attack (boo#986154)

  - CVE-2016-5705: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities (boo#986154)

  - CVE-2016-5706: DOS attack (boo#986154)

  - CVE-2016-5730: Multiple full path disclosure
    vulnerabilities (boo#986154)

  - CVE-2016-5731: XSS through FPD (boo#986154)

  - CVE-2016-5733: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities (boo#986154)

  - CVE-2016-5739: Referrer leak in transformations
    (boo#986154)

This non-security issues was fixed :

  - Fix issue Setup script doesn't use input type 'password'
    in all relevant locations"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=986154"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected phpMyAdmin package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");

  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:13.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/06/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/06/29");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  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 !~ "^(SUSE13\.2|SUSE42\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "13.2 / 42.1", release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);



flag = 0;

if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"phpMyAdmin-4.4.15.7-36.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.1", reference:"phpMyAdmin-4.4.15.7-22.1") ) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "phpMyAdmin");
}
  • NASL familyCGI abuses
    NASL idPHPMYADMIN_4_4_15_7.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the phpMyAdmin application hosted on the remote web server is 4.4.x prior to 4.4.15.7. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities: - A flaw exists in the setup/frames/index.inc.php script that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the program on a non-HTTPS connection and thereby inject arbitrary BBCode against HTTP sessions. (CVE-2016-5701) - A flaw exists in the libraries/central_columns.lib.php script when handling database names due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a crafted database name, to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database, resulting in modification or disclosure of arbitrary data. (CVE-2016-5703) - Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities exist due to improper validation of user-supplied input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these, via specially crafted requests, to execute arbitrary script code or HTML in a a user
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id99662
    published2017-04-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99662
    titlephpMyAdmin 4.4.x < 4.4.15.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2016-17, PMASA-2016-19, PMASA-2016-21 - PMASA-2016-24, PMASA-2016-26 - PMASA-2016-28)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(99662);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/13");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2016-5701",
    "CVE-2016-5703",
    "CVE-2016-5705",
    "CVE-2016-5706",
    "CVE-2016-5730",
    "CVE-2016-5731",
    "CVE-2016-5733",
    "CVE-2016-5734",
    "CVE-2016-5739"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(
    91376,
    91378,
    91379,
    91381,
    91383,
    91384,
    91387,
    91389,
    91390
  );

  script_name(english:"phpMyAdmin 4.4.x < 4.4.15.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2016-17, PMASA-2016-19, PMASA-2016-21 - PMASA-2016-24, PMASA-2016-26 - PMASA-2016-28)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of phpMyAdmin.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server hosts a PHP application that is affected by
multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version number, the phpMyAdmin
application hosted on the remote web server is 4.4.x prior to 
4.4.15.7. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities:

  - A flaw exists in the setup/frames/index.inc.php script
    that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access
    the program on a non-HTTPS connection and thereby inject
    arbitrary BBCode against HTTP sessions. (CVE-2016-5701)

  - A flaw exists in the libraries/central_columns.lib.php
    script when handling database names due to improper
    sanitization of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated,
    remote attacker can exploit this, via a crafted database
    name, to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the
    back-end database, resulting in modification or
    disclosure of arbitrary data. (CVE-2016-5703)

  - Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities
    exist due to improper validation of user-supplied input
    before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote
    attacker can exploit these, via specially crafted
    requests, to execute arbitrary script code or HTML in a
    a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-5705)

  - A flaw exists in the js/get_scripts.js.php script when
    handling a large array in the 'scripts' parameter during
    the loading of a crafted JavaScript file. An
    unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to
    cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2016-5706)

  - A information disclosure vulnerability exists in the
    Example OpenID Authentication and Setup scripts that
    allows an remote attacker, via multiple vectors, to
    disclose the application's installation path in an
    error message. (CVE-2016-5730)

  - A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    exists in the examples/openid.php script when handling
    OpenID error messages due to improper validation of
    input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated,
    remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially
    crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a
    user's browser session. (CVE-2016-5731)

  - Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities
    exist due to improper validation of user-supplied input
    before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote
    attacker can exploit these, via specially crafted
    requests, to execute arbitrary script code or HTML in a
    user's browser session. (CVE-2016-5733)

  - A flaw exists in the table search and replace feature
    due to improper sanitization of parameters before
    passing them to the preg_replace() function. An
    unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via
    a specially crafted string, to execute arbitrary PHP
    code. (CVE-2016-5734)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the
    libraries/Header.class.php script when handling
    transformations due to a failure to use the 'no-referer'
    Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism. An
    unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a
    specially crafted Transformation, to disclose sensitive
    authentication token information, which then can be
    potentially used to facilitate cross-site request
    forgery (XSRF) attacks. (CVE-2016-5739)

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has
instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-17/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-19/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-21/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-22/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-23/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-24/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-26/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-27/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-28/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to phpMyAdmin version 4.4.15.7 or later. Alternatively,
apply the patches referenced in the vendor advisories.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'phpMyAdmin Authenticated Remote Code Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/06/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/06/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/04/25");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("phpMyAdmin_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("www/PHP", "installed_sw/phpMyAdmin", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  exit(0);
}

include("vcf.inc");
include("http.inc");


app = "phpMyAdmin";
get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE);
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE);

app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:app, port:port, webapp:TRUE);
vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:3);

constraints = [
  { "min_version" : "4.4.0", "max_version" : "4.4.15.6", "fixed_version" : "4.4.15.7" }
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, flags:{xss:true,sqli:true});
  • NASL familyCGI abuses
    NASL idPHPMYADMIN_4_6_3.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the phpMyAdmin application hosted on the remote web server is 4.6.x prior to 4.6.3. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities: - A flaw exists in the setup/frames/index.inc.php script that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the program on a non-HTTPS connection and thereby inject arbitrary BBCode against HTTP sessions. (CVE-2016-5701) - An unspecified flaw exists, whenever the environment lacks a PHP_SELF value, that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary attributes into browser cookies by using a specially crafted URI. (CVE-2016-5702) - A flaw exists in the libraries/central_columns.lib.php script when handling database names due to improper sanitization of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a crafted database name, to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the back-end database, resulting in modification or disclosure of arbitrary data. (CVE-2016-5703) - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the templates/table/structure/display_table_stats.phtml script when handling table comments due to improper validation of input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a user
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id99663
    published2017-04-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99663
    titlephpMyAdmin 4.6.x < 4.6.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2016-17 - PMASA-2016-28)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(99663);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/13");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2016-5701",
    "CVE-2016-5702",
    "CVE-2016-5703",
    "CVE-2016-5704",
    "CVE-2016-5705",
    "CVE-2016-5706",
    "CVE-2016-5730",
    "CVE-2016-5731",
    "CVE-2016-5732",
    "CVE-2016-5733",
    "CVE-2016-5734",
    "CVE-2016-5739"
  );
  script_bugtraq_id(
    91376,
    91378,
    91379,
    91380,
    91381,
    91383,
    91384,
    91386,
    91387,
    91389,
    91390,
    91392
  );

  script_name(english:"phpMyAdmin 4.6.x < 4.6.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2016-17 - PMASA-2016-28)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of phpMyAdmin.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote web server hosts a PHP application that is affected by
multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version number, the phpMyAdmin
application hosted on the remote web server is 4.6.x prior to 
4.6.3. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities:

  - A flaw exists in the setup/frames/index.inc.php script
    that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access
    the program on a non-HTTPS connection and thereby inject
    arbitrary BBCode against HTTP sessions. (CVE-2016-5701)

  - An unspecified flaw exists, whenever the environment
    lacks a PHP_SELF value, that allows an unauthenticated,
    remote attacker to inject arbitrary attributes into
    browser cookies by using a specially crafted URI.
    (CVE-2016-5702)

  - A flaw exists in the libraries/central_columns.lib.php
    script when handling database names due to improper
    sanitization of user-supplied input. An unauthenticated,
    remote attacker can exploit this, via a crafted database
    name, to inject or manipulate SQL queries in the
    back-end database, resulting in modification or
    disclosure of arbitrary data. (CVE-2016-5703)

  - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the
    templates/table/structure/display_table_stats.phtml
    script when handling table comments due to improper
    validation of input before returning it to users. An
    unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a
    specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script
    code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-5704)

  - Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities
    exist due to improper validation of user-supplied input
    before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote
    attacker can exploit these, via specially crafted
    requests, to execute arbitrary script code or HTML in a
    a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-5705)

  - A flaw exists in the js/get_scripts.js.php script when
    handling a large array in the 'scripts' parameter during
    the loading of a crafted JavaScript file. An
    unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to
    cause a denial of service condition. (CVE-2016-5706)

  - A information disclosure vulnerability exists in the
    Example OpenID Authentication and Setup scripts that
    allows an remote attacker, via multiple vectors, to
    disclose the application's installation path in an
    error message. (CVE-2016-5730)

  - A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    exists in the examples/openid.php script when handling
    OpenID error messages due to improper validation of
    input before returning it to users. An unauthenticated,
    remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially
    crafted request, to execute arbitrary script code in a
    user's browser session. (CVE-2016-5731)

  - A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the
    templates/table/structure/display_partitions.phtml
    script when handling table parameters due to improper
    validation of input before returning it to users. An
    unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a
    specially crafted request, to execute arbitrary script
    code in a user's browser session. (CVE-2016-5732)

  - Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities
    exist due to improper validation of user-supplied input
    before returning it to users. An unauthenticated, remote
    attacker can exploit these, via specially crafted
    requests, to execute arbitrary script code or HTML in a
    user's browser session. (CVE-2016-5733)

  - A flaw exists in the table search and replace feature
    due to improper sanitization of parameters before
    passing them to the preg_replace() function. An
    unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via
    a specially crafted string, to execute arbitrary PHP
    code. (CVE-2016-5734)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the
    libraries/Header.class.php script when handling
    transformations due to a failure to use the 'no-referer'
    Content Security Policy (CSP) protection mechanism. An
    unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a
    specially crafted Transformation, to disclose sensitive
    authentication token information, which then can be
    potentially used to facilitate cross-site request
    forgery (XSRF) attacks. (CVE-2016-5739)

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit these issues but has
instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-17/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-18/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-19/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-20/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-21/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-22/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-23/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-24/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-25/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-26/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-27/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2016-28/");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to phpMyAdmin version 4.6.3 or later. Alternatively,
apply the patches referenced in the vendor advisories.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'phpMyAdmin Authenticated Remote Code Execution');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/06/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/06/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/04/25");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CGI abuses");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("phpMyAdmin_detect.nasl");
  script_require_keys("www/PHP", "installed_sw/phpMyAdmin", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
  script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);

  exit(0);
}

include("vcf.inc");
include("http.inc");


app = "phpMyAdmin";
get_install_count(app_name:app, exit_if_zero:TRUE);
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
port = get_http_port(default:80, php:TRUE);

app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:app, port:port, webapp:TRUE);
vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:3);

constraints = [
  { "min_version" : "4.6.0", "max_version" : "4.6.2", "fixed_version" : "4.6.3" }
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, flags:{xss:true,sqli:true});
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-3627.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been fixed in phpMyAdmin, the web-based MySQL administration interface. - CVE-2016-1927 The suggestPassword function relied on a non-secure random number generator which makes it easier for remote attackers to guess generated passwords via a brute-force approach. - CVE-2016-2039 CSRF token values were generated by a non-secure random number generator, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by predicting a value. - CVE-2016-2040 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. - CVE-2016-2041 phpMyAdmin does not use a constant-time algorithm for comparing CSRF tokens, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by measuring time differences. - CVE-2016-2560 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. - CVE-2016-2561 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. - CVE-2016-5099 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. - CVE-2016-5701 For installations running on plain HTTP, phpMyAdmin allows remote attackers to conduct BBCode injection attacks against HTTP sessions via a crafted URI. - CVE-2016-5705 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. - CVE-2016-5706 phpMyAdmin allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a large array in the scripts parameter. - CVE-2016-5731 A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. - CVE-2016-5733 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. - CVE-2016-5739 A specially crafted Transformation could leak information which a remote attacker could use to perform cross site request forgeries.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id92527
    published2016-07-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92527
    titleDebian DSA-3627-1 : phpmyadmin - security update
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3627. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(92527);
  script_version("2.7");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/07/15 14:20:30");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-1927", "CVE-2016-2039", "CVE-2016-2040", "CVE-2016-2041", "CVE-2016-2560", "CVE-2016-2561", "CVE-2016-5099", "CVE-2016-5701", "CVE-2016-5705", "CVE-2016-5706", "CVE-2016-5731", "CVE-2016-5733", "CVE-2016-5739");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3627");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3627-1 : phpmyadmin - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Several vulnerabilities have been fixed in phpMyAdmin, the web-based
MySQL administration interface.

  - CVE-2016-1927
    The suggestPassword function relied on a non-secure
    random number generator which makes it easier for remote
    attackers to guess generated passwords via a brute-force
    approach.

  - CVE-2016-2039
    CSRF token values were generated by a non-secure random
    number generator, which allows remote attackers to
    bypass intended access restrictions by predicting a
    value.

  - CVE-2016-2040
    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities
    allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web
    script or HTML.

  - CVE-2016-2041
    phpMyAdmin does not use a constant-time algorithm for
    comparing CSRF tokens, which makes it easier for remote
    attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by
    measuring time differences.

  - CVE-2016-2560
    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities
    allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or
    HTML.

  - CVE-2016-2561
    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities
    allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or
    HTML.

  - CVE-2016-5099
    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities
    allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or
    HTML.

  - CVE-2016-5701
    For installations running on plain HTTP, phpMyAdmin
    allows remote attackers to conduct BBCode injection
    attacks against HTTP sessions via a crafted URI.

  - CVE-2016-5705
    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities
    allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or
    HTML.

  - CVE-2016-5706
    phpMyAdmin allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
    service (resource consumption) via a large array in the
    scripts parameter.

  - CVE-2016-5731
    A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows remote
    attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.

  - CVE-2016-5733
    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities
    allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or
    HTML.

  - CVE-2016-5739
    A specially crafted Transformation could leak
    information which a remote attacker could use to perform
    cross site request forgeries."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1927"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2039"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2040"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2041"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2560"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2561"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5099"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5701"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5705"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5706"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5731"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5733"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5739"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/phpmyadmin"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3627"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the phpmyadmin packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u2."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/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:debian:debian_linux:phpmyadmin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/02/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/07/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/07/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"phpmyadmin", reference:"4:4.2.12-2+deb8u2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2016-806.NASL
    descriptionThis phpMyAdmin update to version 4.4.15.7 fixes the following issues : Issues fixed: Setup script doesn
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-06-29
    plugin id91889
    published2016-06-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91889
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2016-806)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_E7028E1D3F9B11E681F96805CA0B3D42.NASL
    descriptionPlease reference CVE/URL list for details
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id91939
    published2016-07-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91939
    titleFreeBSD : phpMyAdmin -- multiple vulnerabilities (e7028e1d-3f9b-11e6-81f9-6805ca0b3d42)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201701-32.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-32 (phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in phpMyAdmin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A authenticated remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary PHP Code, inject SQL code, or to conduct Cross-Site Scripting attacks. In certain configurations, an unauthenticated remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id96426
    published2017-01-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96426
    titleGLSA-201701-32 : phpMyAdmin: Multiple vulnerabilities

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