Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-10804 - SQL Injection vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 8.0 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
phpmyadmin
fedoraproject
opensuse
suse
CWE-89
nessus
NVD
Published: 2020-03-22
Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

In phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.9.5 and 5.x before 5.0.2, a SQL injection vulnerability was found in retrieval of the current username (in libraries/classes/Server/Privileges.php and libraries/classes/UserPassword.php). A malicious user with access to the server could create a crafted username, and then trick the victim into performing specific actions with that user account (such as editing its privileges).

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Phpmyadmin
188
Application
Opensuse
2
Application
Suse
1
OS
Fedoraproject
3
OS
Opensuse
1
OS
Suse
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.
  • Object Relational Mapping Injection
    An attacker leverages a weakness present in the database access layer code generated with an Object Relational Mapping (ORM) tool or a weakness in the way that a developer used a persistence framework to inject his or her own SQL commands to be executed against the underlying database. The attack here is similar to plain SQL injection, except that the application does not use JDBC to directly talk to the database, but instead it uses a data access layer generated by an ORM tool or framework (e.g. Hibernate). While most of the time code generated by an ORM tool contains safe access methods that are immune to SQL injection, sometimes either due to some weakness in the generated code or due to the fact that the developer failed to use the generated access methods properly, SQL injection is still possible.
  • SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering
    An attacker modifies the parameters of the SOAP message that is sent from the service consumer to the service provider to initiate a SQL injection attack. On the service provider side, the SOAP message is parsed and parameters are not properly validated before being used to access a database in a way that does not use parameter binding, thus enabling the attacker to control the structure of the executed SQL query. This pattern describes a SQL injection attack with the delivery mechanism being a SOAP message.
  • Expanding Control over the Operating System from the Database
    An attacker is able to leverage access gained to the database to read / write data to the file system, compromise the operating system, create a tunnel for accessing the host machine, and use this access to potentially attack other machines on the same network as the database machine. Traditionally SQL injections attacks are viewed as a way to gain unauthorized read access to the data stored in the database, modify the data in the database, delete the data, etc. However, almost every data base management system (DBMS) system includes facilities that if compromised allow an attacker complete access to the file system, operating system, and full access to the host running the database. The attacker can then use this privileged access to launch subsequent attacks. These facilities include dropping into a command shell, creating user defined functions that can call system level libraries present on the host machine, stored procedures, etc.
  • SQL Injection
    This attack exploits target software that constructs SQL statements based on user input. An attacker crafts input strings so that when the target software constructs SQL statements based on the input, the resulting SQL statement performs actions other than those the application intended. SQL Injection results from failure of the application to appropriately validate input. When specially crafted user-controlled input consisting of SQL syntax is used without proper validation as part of SQL queries, it is possible to glean information from the database in ways not envisaged during application design. Depending upon the database and the design of the application, it may also be possible to leverage injection to have the database execute system-related commands of the attackers' choice. SQL Injection enables an attacker to talk directly to the database, thus bypassing the application completely. Successful injection can cause information disclosure as well as ability to add or modify data in the database. In order to successfully inject SQL and retrieve information from a database, an attacker:

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2020-405.NASL
    descriptionThis update for phpMyAdmin to version 4.9.5 fixes the following issues : - phpmyadmin was updated to 4.9.5 : - CVE-2020-10804: Fixed a SQL injection in the user accounts page, particularly when changing a password (boo#1167335 PMASA-2020-2). - CVE-2020-10802: Fixed a SQL injection in the search feature (boo#1167336 PMASA-2020-3). - CVE-2020-10803: Fixed a SQL injection and XSS when displaying results (boo#1167337 PMASA-2020-4). - Removed the
    last seen2020-04-04
    modified2020-03-30
    plugin id135008
    published2020-03-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135008
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2020-405)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2020-405.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(135008);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/02");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-10802", "CVE-2020-10803", "CVE-2020-10804");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2020-405)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2020-405 patch");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update for phpMyAdmin to version 4.9.5 fixes the following 
issues :

  - phpmyadmin was updated to 4.9.5 :

  - CVE-2020-10804: Fixed a SQL injection in the user
    accounts page, particularly when changing a password
    (boo#1167335 PMASA-2020-2).

  - CVE-2020-10802: Fixed a SQL injection in the search
    feature (boo#1167336 PMASA-2020-3).

  - CVE-2020-10803: Fixed a SQL injection and XSS when
    displaying results (boo#1167337 PMASA-2020-4).

  - Removed the 'options' field for the external
    transformation."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167335"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167336"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1167337"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected phpMyAdmin package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  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:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  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:"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:15.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/03/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/03/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/03/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 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 !~ "^(SUSE15\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "15.1", release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);



flag = 0;

if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.1", reference:"phpMyAdmin-4.9.5-lp151.2.15.1") ) 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_2020-25F3AEA389.NASL
    descriptionThe **phpMyAdmin** team announces the release of both **4.9.5** and **5.0.2**. Both versions contain several security fixes : - PMASA-2020-2 SQL injection vulnerability in the user accounts page, particularly when changing a password - PMASA-2020-3 SQL injection vulnerability relating to the search feature - PMASA-2020-4 SQL injection and XSS having to do with displaying results - Removing of the
    last seen2020-04-07
    modified2020-04-02
    plugin id135104
    published2020-04-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135104
    titleFedora 30 : phpMyAdmin (2020-25f3aea389)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2020-25f3aea389.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(135104);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-10802", "CVE-2020-10803", "CVE-2020-10804");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2020-25f3aea389");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 30 : phpMyAdmin (2020-25f3aea389)");
  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:
"The **phpMyAdmin** team announces the release of both **4.9.5** and
**5.0.2**.

Both versions contain several security fixes :

  - PMASA-2020-2 SQL injection vulnerability in the user
    accounts page, particularly when changing a password

  - PMASA-2020-3 SQL injection vulnerability relating to the
    search feature

  - PMASA-2020-4 SQL injection and XSS having to do with
    displaying results

  - Removing of the 'options' field for the external
    transformation.

There are many other bugs fixes, please see the ChangeLog file
included with this release for full details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
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://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-25f3aea389"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected phpMyAdmin package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  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:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  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:"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:30");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/03/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/04/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/04/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  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 = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^30([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 30", "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:"FC30", reference:"phpMyAdmin-4.9.5-1.fc30")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  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_2020-D7B0A5A84A.NASL
    descriptionThe **phpMyAdmin** team announces the release of both **4.9.5** and **5.0.2**. Both versions contain several security fixes : - PMASA-2020-2 SQL injection vulnerability in the user accounts page, particularly when changing a password - PMASA-2020-3 SQL injection vulnerability relating to the search feature - PMASA-2020-4 SQL injection and XSS having to do with displaying results - Removing of the
    last seen2020-04-07
    modified2020-04-02
    plugin id135107
    published2020-04-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135107
    titleFedora 31 : phpMyAdmin (2020-d7b0a5a84a)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2020-d7b0a5a84a.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(135107);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-10802", "CVE-2020-10803", "CVE-2020-10804");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2020-d7b0a5a84a");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 31 : phpMyAdmin (2020-d7b0a5a84a)");
  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:
"The **phpMyAdmin** team announces the release of both **4.9.5** and
**5.0.2**.

Both versions contain several security fixes :

  - PMASA-2020-2 SQL injection vulnerability in the user
    accounts page, particularly when changing a password

  - PMASA-2020-3 SQL injection vulnerability relating to the
    search feature

  - PMASA-2020-4 SQL injection and XSS having to do with
    displaying results

  - Removing of the 'options' field for the external
    transformation.

There are many other bugs fixes, please see the ChangeLog file
included with this release for full details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
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://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-d7b0a5a84a"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected phpMyAdmin package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  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:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  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:"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:31");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/03/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/04/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/04/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  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 = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^31([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 31", "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:"FC31", reference:"phpMyAdmin-5.0.2-1.fc31")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "phpMyAdmin");
}

References