SB2018071622 - Stored cross-site scripting in phpmyadmin (Alpine package)

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

• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=28ad740944ec93975aaaaf3b70bc1b573cc50d11
• https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=7b247d9a30036bc793da142933227d7148840609