CVE-2008-4775

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

1.0

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pmd_pdf.php in phpMyAdmin 3.0.0, and possibly other versions including 2.11.9.2 and 3.0.1, when register_globals is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the db parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-6942 and CVE-2007-5977.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-32531 webapps php verified

Hadi Kiamarsi · 2008-10-27

phpMyAdmin 3.0.1 - 'pmd_pdf.php' Cross-Site Scripting

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Debian Fixed 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`4:2.11.8.1-4`
sid	Fixed	`4:2.11.8.1-4`
bullseye	Fixed	`4:2.11.8.1-4`
bookworm	Fixed	`4:2.11.8.1-4`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4775

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.