SB2018062212 - Fedora 28 update for phpMyAdmin

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SB2018062212 - Fedora 28 update for phpMyAdmin

Published: June 22, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018062212
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12581)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within Designer feature. A remote attacker create database with a specially crafted name and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References