phpMyAdmin 2.x - 'error.php' Cross-Site Scripting

Author: Michal Cihar
type: webapps
platform: php
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date_added: 2005-08-28 
date_updated: 2013-06-14 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2005-2869;OSVDB-19048 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14675/info

phpMyAdmin is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

This issue may be exploited to steal cookie-based authentication credentials from legitimate users of the software. Such an attack would require that the victim follows a malicious link that includes hostile HTML and script code.

/error.php?error=%3Cscript%3Ewindow.alert('a')%3C/script%3E