CVE-2008-4326

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-09-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The PMA_escapeJsString function in libraries/js_escape.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.9.2, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via a NUL byte inside a "</script" sequence.

Affected products

phpMyAdmin: through 2.11.9.1; 2.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4 (+131)

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN54824688/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000061.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html
http://osvdb.org/48511
http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin/branches/MAINT_2_11_9/phpMyAdmin/libraries/js_escape.lib.php?r1=11514&r2=11603&pathrev=11603
http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin/branches/QA_2_11/phpMyAdmin/libraries/js_escape.lib.php?view=log&pathrev=11603
http://secunia.com/advisories/31974
http://secunia.com/advisories/31992
http://secunia.com/advisories/32954
http://secunia.com/advisories/33822
http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20080924-1/
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1675

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