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CVE-2008-3457
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in setup.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject…
Low2.6EPSS 1.8%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in setup.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.8 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via crafted setup arguments. NOTE: this issue can only be exploited in limited scenarios in which the attacker must be able to modify config/config.inc.php.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- MDVSA-2008:202 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-6868 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-6810 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/XSS_inPhpMyAdmin2.11.7.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32834 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2226 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- phpmyadmin-setup-configinc-xss(44052) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-1641 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 31312 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31263 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30420 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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