CVE-2016-2043 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2016-2043?

CVE-2016-2043 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 20 Feb 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the goToFinish1NF function in js/normalization.js in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3 and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a table name to the normalization page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2043?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2016-2043?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2016-2043 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2043 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

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

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2043, GHSA-f8wg-85r4-g3g3, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2043.