CVE-2013-4997

medium
Published 2013-07-31 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
4.3

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.8.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving a JavaScript event in (1) an anchor identifier to setup/index.php or (2) a chartTitle (aka chart title) value.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4997

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-9.php

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4:4.0.4.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4:4.0.4.2-1
debian debiansidfixed4:4.0.4.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4:4.0.4.2-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
php Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadmin>=3.5,<3.5.8.23.5.8.2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
phpmyadminphpmyadmin3.5.0.0
phpmyadminphpmyadmin3.5.1.0
phpmyadminphpmyadmin3.5.2.0
phpmyadminphpmyadmin3.5.2.1
phpmyadminphpmyadmin3.5.2.2
phpmyadminphpmyadmin3.5.3.0
phpmyadminphpmyadmin3.5.4
phpmyadminphpmyadmin3.5.5
phpmyadminphpmyadmin3.5.6
phpmyadminphpmyadmin3.5.7
phpmyadminphpmyadmin3.5.8
phpmyadminphpmyadmin3.5.8.1

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.