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
Patches
The following commits have been made to fix this issue:
More information
For further information and in case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin security team at security@phpmyadmin.net.