MEDIUM
phpMyAdmin: XSS in MSIE using NUL byte
Published Sep 30, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.86%
Description
The PMA_escapeJsString function in libraries/js_escape.lib.php in phpMyAdmin before 2.11.9.2, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms and conduct XSS attacks via a NUL byte inside a "</script" sequence.
Affected products
No data.
AND
OR
- ≤ 2.11.9.1
- 2.0
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.1
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.2
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.0_pre1
- 2.2.0_pre2
- 2.2.0_rc1
- 2.2.0_rc2
- 2.2.0_rc3
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.6
- 2.2.7_pl1
- 2.2_pre1
- 2.2_pre2
- 2.2_rc1
- 2.2_rc2
- 2.2_rc3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.4.0
- 2.5.0
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- 2.5.2_pl1
- 2.5.3
- 2.5.4
- 2.5.5
- 2.5.5_pl1
- 2.5.5_rc1
- 2.5.5_rc2
- 2.5.6_rc1
- 2.5.6_rc2
- 2.5.7
- 2.5.7_pl1
- 2.6.0_pl1
- 2.6.0_pl2
- 2.6.0_pl3
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1_pl1
- 2.6.1_pl3
- 2.6.1_rc1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.2_dev
- 2.6.2_pl1
- 2.6.2_rc1
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.3_pl1
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.4_pl1
- 2.6.4_pl2
- 2.6.4_pl3
- 2.6.4_pl4
- 2.6.4_rc1
- 2.7
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.0_beta1
- 2.7.0_pl1
- 2.7.0_pl2
- 2.7.0_rc1
- 2.7_pl1
- 2.8.0
- 2.8.0.1
- 2.8.0.2
- 2.8.0.3
- 2.8.1
- 2.8.1_dev
- 2.8.2
- 2.8.3
- 2.8.4
- 2.9
- 2.9.0
- 2.9.0.1
- 2.9.0.2
- 2.9.0.3
- 2.9.0_beta1
- 2.9.0_dev
- 2.9.0_rc1
- 2.9.1
- 2.9.1.1
- 2.9.1_rc1
- 2.9.1_rc2
- 2.9.2
- 2.9_rc1
- 2.10.0
- 2.10.0.0
- 2.10.0.1
- 2.10.0.2
- 2.10.1
- 2.10.01
- 2.10.1.0
- 2.10.2
- 2.10.2.0
- 2.10.3
- 2.10.3.0
- 2.10.3rc1
- 2.11.0
- 2.11.0.0
- 2.11.0beta1
- 2.11.0rc1
- 2.11.1
- 2.11.1.0
- 2.11.1.1
- 2.11.1.2
- 2.11.1rc1
- 2.11.2
- 2.11.2.0
- 2.11.2.1
- 2.11.2.2
- 2.11.3
- 2.11.3.0
- 2.11.3rc1
- 2.11.4
- 2.11.4.0
- 2.11.4rc1
- 2.11.5
- 2.11.5.0
- 2.11.5.1
- 2.11.5.2
- 2.11.5rc1
- 2.11.6
- 2.11.6rc1
- 2.11.7
- 2.11.7.0
- 2.11.8
- 2.11.9
Running on/with
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.86% 0.01865
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01865
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.86% (0.01865) | 78.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.86% (0.01865) | 76.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.27% (0.01269) | 78.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00565) | 78.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.42% (0.00423) | 73.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.42% (0.00423) | 70.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (20)
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN54824688/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000061.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://osvdb.org/48511 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin/branches/MAINT_2_11_9/phpMyAdmin/libraries/js_escape.lib.php?r1=11514&r2=11603&pathrev=11603 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/phpmyadmin/branches/QA_2_11/phpMyAdmin/libraries/js_escape.lib.php?view=log&pathrev=11603 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31974 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31992 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32954 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33822 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20080924-1/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1675 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/22/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php?relnotes=1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security.php?issue=PMASA-2008-8 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2657 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4326 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=463260 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4326
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4326
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 30, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 30, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4326
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a