CVE-2013-4996

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-07-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.8.2 and 4.0.x before 4.0.4.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) a crafted database name, (2) a crafted user name, (3) a crafted logo URL in the navigation panel, (4) a crafted entry in a certain proxy list, or (5) crafted content in a version.json file.

Affected products

phpMyAdmin: 3.5.0.0, 3.5.1.0, 3.5.2.0, 3.5.2.1, 3.5.2.2, 3.5.3.0 (+16)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/59832
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-11.php
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-9.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61921
http://secunia.com/advisories/59832
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-11.php
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-9.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61921

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