phpMyAdmin security announcement PMASA-2005-3
Announcement-ID: PMASA-2005-3
Date: 2005-04-03
Summary:
Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability
Description:
We received a security advisory from Oriol Torrent Santiago and we wish to thank him for
his work
and report. The convcharset parameter was not correctly validated, opening the door to a
XSS attack.
Severity:
We consider this vulnerability to be serious.
Affected versions:
Probably all phpMyAdmin versions before 2.6.2-rc1.
Solution:
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 2.6.2-rc1 or newer.
References:
http://www.arrelnet.com/advisories/adv20050403.html
For further information and in case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin team. Our
website is
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/.