CVE-2008-3457

N/A Unknown
Published: August 04, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in setup.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted setup arguments. NOTE: this issue can only be exploited in limited scenarios in which the attacker must be able to modify config/config.inc.php.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/31263
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31312
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/32834
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1641
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:202
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-6
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30420
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2226/references
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/XSS_inPhpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44052
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg01239.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg01316.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/31263
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31312
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/32834
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1641
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:202
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-6
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30420
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2226/references
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/XSS_inPhpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44052
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg01239.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg01316.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

phpmyadmin

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