CVE-2008-3197

Public Exploit

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.7.1 allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via a link or IMG tag to (1) the db parameter in the "Creating a Database" functionality (db_create.php), and (2) the convcharset and collation_connection parameters related to an unspecified program that modifies the connection character set.

Category

3.5
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.56%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:202 vendor advisory
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php?relnotes=0
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00590.html vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43846 vdb entry
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=613660
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-5
http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/XSRF_ConvertCharset_inPhpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/15/6 mailing list
http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/XSRF_CreateDB_inPhpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf exploit
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00652.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1641 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33822 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2116/references vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31097 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31115 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-3197?
CVE-2008-3197 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-3197?
To fix CVE-2008-3197, 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-2008-3197 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-3197 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. 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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