[UNIX] phpMyAdmin convcharset Parameter Cross Site Scripting

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  phpMyAdmin convcharset Parameter Cross Site Scripting
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SUMMARY

 <http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/index.php> phpMyAdmin is a tool 
written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the 
Web. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, 
delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields, 
manage privileges,export data into various formats.

phpMyAdmin contains a vulnerability that is caused due to improper 
validation of user provided input supplied via the "convcharset" 
parameter.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
 * phpMyAdmin version 2.6.2-beta1

Immune Systems:
 * phpMyAdmin version 2.6.2-rc1

This vulnerability can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and/or 
script code (JavaScript, VBScript, etc.) in a user's browser session in 
context of the vulnerable site. The vulnerability also allows an attacker 
to compromise the phpMyAdmin account via cookie theft.

Examples:
http://host/phpmyadmin/index.php?pma_username=&pma_password=&server=1&
  
lang=en-iso-8859-1&convcharset=\"><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>
http://host/phpmyadmin/index.php?pma_username=&pma_password=&server=1&
  lang=en-iso-8859-1&convcharset=\"><h1>XSS</h1>

Disclosure Timeline:
 * 29.03.05 - Vulnerability discovered
 * 29.03.05 - Vendor notified
 * 29.03.05 - Vendor response and bug fixed
 * 03.04.05 - New version released
 * 03.04.05 - Advisory released


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by  <mailto:[email protected]> 
Oriol Torrent Santiago.
The original article can be found at:  
<http://www.arrelnet.com/advisories/adv20050403.html> 
http://www.arrelnet.com/advisories/adv20050403.html
The original article can be found at:  
<http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2005-3> 
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2005-3



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