Multiple vulnerabilities in extension phpMyAdmin (phpmyadmin)
It has been discovered that the extension "phpMyAdmin" (phpmyadmin) is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting, Denial of Service and Local File Inclusion.
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Component Type: Third party extension. This extension is not a part of the TYPO3 default installation.
Affected Versions: 4.18.x (prior to 4.18.5)
Vulnerability Type: Cross-Site Scripting, Denial of Service, Local File Inclusion
Severity: High
Suggested CVSS v2.0: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:P/E:ND/RL:O/RC:C
References: PMASA-2014-13 (XSS), PMASA-2014-14 (LFI), PMASA-2014-17 (DoS),
Related CVE: CVE-2014-8958 (XSS), CVE-2014-8959 (LFI), CVE-2014-9218 (DoS)
Problem Description: By not validating user input, phpMyAdmin is susceptible to Cross-Site Scripting and Local File Inclusion. Due to insufficient handling of long passwords during authentication, phpMyAdmin is susceptible to Denial Of Service.
Solution: An updated version 4.18.5 is available from the TYPO3 extension manager and at http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/download/phpmyadmin/4.18.5/t3x/. Users of the extension are advised to update the extension as soon as possible.
Credits: The vendor of the phpMyAdmin upstream software credits Johannes Dahse, Javier Nieto and Andres Rojas. Thanks to Andreas Beutel for providing a TYPO3 extension package with an updated phpMyAdmin version.
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