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title: "CVE-2013-3742\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-3742?format=md
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# CVE-2013-3742

Publication date 4 July 2013

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

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in view\_create.php (aka the Create
View page) in phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.0.3 allows remote authenticated users
to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an invalid SQL CREATE VIEW
statement with a crafted name that triggers an error message.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| phpmyadmin | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-3742?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| phpmyadmin | * Upstream:   [9b35516](https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/9b3551601ce714adb5e3f428476052f0ec6093bf) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3742)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3742)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-3742)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3742)

### Other references

* <http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-6.php>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3742>
