| Name | CVE-2008-2960 |
| Description | Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.7, when register_globals is enabled and .htaccess support is disabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors involving scripts in libraries/. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| phpmyadmin (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4:4.2.12-2+deb8u12 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4:4.6.6-4+deb9u2 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4:4.6.6-4+deb9u3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4:5.0.4+dfsg2-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4:5.2.1+dfsg-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 4:5.2.1+dfsg-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| phpmyadmin | source | (unstable) | 4:2.11.7~rc2-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
We haven't supported installations with register_globals enabled since a long time
https://www.phpmyadmin.net/security/PMASA-2008-4/
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/aa2076eedc7e3664b09681d6fe9dd019eca98647