Global variable scope injection.

PMASA-2013-7

Announcement-ID: PMASA-2013-7

Date: 2013-06-30

Updated: 2013-07-01

Summary

Global variable scope injection.

Description

The import.php script was vulnerable to GLOBALS variable injection. Therefore, an attacker could manipulate any configuration parameter.

Severity

We consider this vulnerability to be serious.

Mitigation factor

This vulnerability can be triggered only by someone who logged in to phpMyAdmin, as the usual token protection prevents non-logged-in users from accessing the required form.

Affected Versions

Versions 4.0.x up to 4.0.4 are affected.

Unaffected Versions

Versions prior to 4.0.0 are not affected.

Solution

Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 4.0.4.1 or newer, or apply the patch listed below.

References

Thanks to Markus Wulftange of Daimler TSS for reporting this issue.

Assigned CVE ids: CVE-2013-4729

CWE ids: CWE-621 CWE-661

Patches

The following commits have been made to fix this issue:

• 012464268420e53a9cd81cbb4a43988d70393c36

More information

For further information and in case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin team. Our website is phpmyadmin.net.