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title: "CVE-2005-2869\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-2869

Publication date 8 September 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin before
2.6.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1)
the Username to libraries/auth/cookie.auth.lib.php or (2) the error
parameter to error.php.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| phpmyadmin | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.8.0.3-1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.8.0.3-1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.8.0.3-1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2869)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2869)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-2869)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2869)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2869>