CVE-2013-4997 phpMyAdmin Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities

What is CVE-2013-4997?

CVE-2013-4997 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 30 Jul 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.8.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a JavaScript event in (1) an anchor identifier to setup/index.php or (2) a chartTitle (aka chart title) value.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4997?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin. It affects 1 product.

Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4997?

Upgrade phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin to 3.5.8.2 or later.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2013-4997 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin

• CVE-2008-7251 Misconfiguration in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2008-7252 phpMyAdmin unsafely handles temporary files Critical 10.0
• CVE-2007-0203 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-1147 Command injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2020-22452 phpmyadmin contains SQL Injection vulnerability Critical 9.8

All Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4997, GHSA-5gh4-v2ch-pcx4.