CVE-2013-3238

Summary

CVECVE-2013-3238
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-26 03:34:23 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionphpMyAdmin 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 3.5.0.0 All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 3.5.1.0 All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 3.5.2.0 All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 3.5.2.1 All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 3.5.2.2 All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 3.5.3.0 All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 3.5.4 All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 3.5.5 All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 3.5.6 All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 3.5.7 All All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 3.5.7 rc1 All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 3.5.8 rc1 All All
Application Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin 4.0.0 rc2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: phpMyAdmin-3.5.8.1-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: phpMyAdmin-3.5.8.1-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0133 - Mageia wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.mageia.org
phpMyAdmin Authenticated Remote Code Execution via preg_replace() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:1065-1: moderate: update for phpMyAdmin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:160 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
phpMyAdmin - Security - PMASA-2013-2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.phpmyadmin.net
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: phpMyAdmin-3.5.8.1-1.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Prevent null-byte injection in preg_replace() · phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin@ffa720d · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Dropped unsafe usage of preg_replace · phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin@dedd542 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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