CVE-2013-3238
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.0EPSS 28.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 28.9% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-3176)
- Published
- April 26, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-3176 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
- phpmyadmin / phpmyadmin
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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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