CVE-2007-5977

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    CVE-2007-5977

    Published: 15 Nov 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in db_create.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.2.1 allows remote authenticated users with CREATE DATABASE privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a hex-encoded IMG element in the db parameter in a POST request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-6942.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/27630, http://secunia.com/advisories/27753, http://www.digitrustgroup.com/advisories/tdg-advisory071108a.html, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:229, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3824, http://secunia.com/advisories/27630, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=553333, http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2007-7, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26512, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38404, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00777.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High