CVE-2006-5718

Publication date 4 November 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in error.php in phpMyAdmin 2.6.4 through 2.9.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 or US-ASCII encoded characters, which are injected into an error message, as demonstrated by a request with a utf7 charset parameter accompanied by UTF-7 data.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
phpmyadmin 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

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PMASA-2006-6

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