# CVE-2011-3598: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpPgAdmin before 5.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-10-08 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in phpPgAdmin before 5.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) a web page title, related to classes/Misc.php; or the (2) return_url or (3) return_desc parameter to display.php.

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## References

- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/067843.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46426
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=4E897F6C.90905%40free.fr&forum_name=phppgadmin-news
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00033.html
- https://github.com/phppgadmin/phppgadmin/commit/1df248203de055f97e092b50b1dd9643ccb73842
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=385505
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46248
- http://osvdb.org/75998
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/067846.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/04/10
- http://freshmeat.net/projects/phppgadmin/releases/336969
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/04/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49914
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743205
- http://osvdb.org/75997
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068009.html

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