CVE-2006-5718

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in error.php in phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 through 2.9.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 or US-ASCII encoded characters, which are injected into an error message, as demonstrated by a request with a utf7 charset parameter accompanied by UTF-7 data.

4.3

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.86% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory suse.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory hardened-php.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20856	vdb entry patch
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2006-6	patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4298	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29957	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450397/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/22599	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23086	third party advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Nov/0010.html	vendor advisory
http://www.hardened-php.net/advisory_122006.137.html	patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5718?: CVE-2006-5718 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5718?: To fix CVE-2006-5718, 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-2006-5718 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-5718 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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