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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-2043

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the goToFinish1NF function in js/normalization.js in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3 and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a table name to the normalization page.

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CVE-2016-2043

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Feb 2016, 01:59 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the goToFinish1NF function in js/normalization.js in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3 and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a table name to the normalization page.

osv:CVE-2016-2043
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2043",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the goToFinish1NF function in js/normalization.js in phpMyAdmin 4.4.x before 4.4.15.3 and 4.5.x before 4.5.4 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a table name to the normalization page.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-2043",
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      "aliases": [
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
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  "published_at": "2016-02-20T01:59:06.453+00:00"
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