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CVE-2014-8958

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: none known
• Published: 2014-11-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.6, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.7, and 4.2.x before 4.2.12 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted (1) database, (2) table, or (3) column name that is improperly handled during rendering of the table browse page; a crafted ENUM value that is improperly handled during rendering of the (4) table print view or (5) zoom search page; or (6) a crafted pma_fontsize cookie that is improperly handled during rendering of the home page.

Affected products

• phpMyAdmin: 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.4.1 (+47)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00017.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3382
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:228
• http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-13.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71243
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1bc04ec95038f2356ad33752090001bf1c047208
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/2a3b7393d1d5a8ba0543699df94a08a0f5728fe0
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/2ffdbf2d7daa0b92541d8b754e2afac555d3ed21
• https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d32da348c4de2379482a48661ce968a55eebe5c4
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-03
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-12/msg00017.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3382

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