CVE-2013-3238
phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.8 and 4.x before 4.0.0-rc3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a /e\x00 sequence, which is not properly handled before making a preg_replace function call within the "Replace table prefix" feature.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 28.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.8 and 4.x before 4.0.0-rc3 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a /e\x00 sequence, which is not properly handled before making a preg_replace function call within the "Replace table prefix" feature.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 28.85% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 25 April 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 28.9% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-04/0217.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104725.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104770.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104936.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00181.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25136
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:160
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-2.php
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/dedd542cdaf1606ca9aa3f6f8f8adb078d8ad549
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/ffa720d90a79c1f33cf4c5a33403d09a67b42a66
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0133
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-04/0217.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104725.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104770.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104936.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00181.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25136
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:160
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-2.php
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/dedd542cdaf1606ca9aa3f6f8f8adb078d8ad549
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/ffa720d90a79c1f33cf4c5a33403d09a67b42a66
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0133
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.