CVE-2013-3239
phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.8 and 4.x before 4.0.0-rc3, when a SaveDir directory is configured, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by using a double extension in the filename of an export file, leading to interpretation of this…
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A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 8.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.8 and 4.x before 4.0.0-rc3, when a SaveDir directory is configured, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by using a double extension in the filename of an export file, leading to interpretation of this file as an executable file by the Apache HTTP Server, as demonstrated by a .php.sql filename.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.75% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 25 April 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 8.8% since 26 October 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 (1)
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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:160
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-3.phpVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1f6bc0b707002e26cab216b9e57b4d5de764de48Exploit, Patch
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d3fafdfba0807068196655e9b6d16c5d1d3ccf8a
- 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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:160
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-3.phpVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1f6bc0b707002e26cab216b9e57b4d5de764de48Exploit, Patch
- https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d3fafdfba0807068196655e9b6d16c5d1d3ccf8a
- 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.