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title: "CVE-2012-5339\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5339

Publication date 25 October 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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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 3.5.x
before 3.5.3 allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web
script or HTML via a crafted name of (1) an event, (2) a procedure, or (3)
a trigger.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5339?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| phpmyadmin | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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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)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

3.5.x only?

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5339)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5339)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5339)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5339)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/cfd688d2512df9827a8ecc0412fc264fc5bcb186>
* <https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/6ea8fad3f999bfdf79eb6fe31309592bca54d611>
* <http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2012-6.php>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5339>
