ubuntu-cve-2018-12581
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-06-21 20:29
Modified
2025-07-18 16:44
Summary
Details

An issue was discovered in js/designer/move.js in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.2. A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability has been found where an attacker can use a crafted database name to trigger an XSS attack when that database is referenced from the Designer feature.

Severity
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "phpmyadmin",
            "binary_version": "4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
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        "name": "phpmyadmin",
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      },
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          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "4:4.0.8-1",
        "4:4.0.9-1",
        "4:4.0.10-1",
        "4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1"
      ]
    },
    {
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          {
            "binary_name": "phpmyadmin",
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          }
        ]
      },
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      },
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        }
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      "versions": [
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        "4:4.5.0.2-2",
        "4:4.5.1-1",
        "4:4.5.1-2",
        "4:4.5.1-3",
        "4:4.5.2-1",
        "4:4.5.2-2",
        "4:4.5.3.1-1",
        "4:4.5.4-1",
        "4:4.5.4.1-2",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "phpmyadmin",
            "binary_version": "4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "phpmyadmin",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/phpmyadmin@4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/bionic"
      },
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            },
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          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4:4.6.6-5",
        "4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.2+esm1",
        "4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.2+esm2",
        "4:4.6.6-5ubuntu0.5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "An issue was discovered in js/designer/move.js in phpMyAdmin before 4.8.2. A Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability has been found where an attacker can use a crafted database name to trigger an XSS attack when that database is referenced from the Designer feature.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12581",
  "modified": "2025-07-18T16:44:38Z",
  "published": "2018-06-21T20:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12581"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2018-3/"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4843-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12581"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4843-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2018-12581"
  ]
}



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