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CVE-2013-3238: phpmyadmin

CVSS: 6.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 26-04-2013Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-3238 is a medium (CVSS 6.0) vulnerability in phpmyadmin. EPSS estimates a 28.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
28.85%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits3metasploit, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 26-04-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

28.85%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 28.85% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
28.85%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found
  • MetasploitMetasploitremoteVerified

    phpMyAdmin Authenticated Remote Code Execution via preg_replace()

    exploit/multi/http/phpmyadmin_preg_replace

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaseremotephpVerified

    phpMyAdmin - 'preg_replace' (Authenticated) Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databasephpVerified

    phpMyAdmin 3.5.8/4.0.0-RC2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Phpmyadmin1 product
  • phpmyadminEOL3.5.0.0 | 3.5.1.0 | 3.5.2.0 | 3.5.2.1 | 3.5.2.2 | 3.5.3.0 | 3.5.4 | 3.5.5 | 3.5.6 | 3.5.7 | 3.5.7:rc1 | 3.5.8:rc1 | 4.0.0:rc2

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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