CVE-2005-0992

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.6.2-rc1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the convcharset parameter.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 10.16% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory arrelnet.com Vendor Advisory phpmyadmin.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111264361622660&w=2	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12982	exploit vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/14799	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.arrelnet.com/advisories/adv20050403.html	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19940	vdb entry
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2005-3	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-08.xml	patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-0992?: CVE-2005-0992 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-0992?: To fix CVE-2005-0992, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-0992 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-0992 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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