CVE-2008-3457

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    CVE-2008-3457

    Published: 4 Aug 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in setup.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted setup arguments. NOTE: this issue can only be exploited in limited scenarios in which the attacker must be able to modify config/config.inc.php.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/31263, http://secunia.com/advisories/31312, http://secunia.com/advisories/32834, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1641, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:202, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2226/references, http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/XSS_inPhpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html, http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-6, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30420, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44052, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg01239.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg01316.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
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