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CVE-2008-3456

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-08-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

phpMyAdmin before 2.11.8 does not sufficiently prevent its pages from using frames that point to pages in other domains, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct spoofing or phishing activities via a cross-site framing attack.

Affected products

• phpMyAdmin: through 2.11.7.0; 2.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4 (+35)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
• 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.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-6
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30420
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2226/references
• http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/Cross-Site_Framing_inphpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44050
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg01239.html

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