First published: Sat Feb 20 2016(Updated: )
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the SQL editor in phpMyAdmin 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a SQL query that triggers JSON data in a response.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.0 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.0.1 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.0.2 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.1 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.2 | |
phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin | =4.5.3 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =22 | |
Fedoraproject Fedora | =23 |
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CVE-2016-2045 has a moderate severity level due to its potential for cross-site scripting exploits.
To fix CVE-2016-2045, upgrade to phpMyAdmin version 4.5.4 or later.
CVE-2016-2045 affects remote authenticated users of phpMyAdmin versions 4.5.x before 4.5.4.
CVE-2016-2045 can allow attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML into the SQL editor.
As of now, the best practice is to update to a secure version, as no specific workaround is provided for CVE-2016-2045.