Information disclosure in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2013-5000
Published: July 31, 2013 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32644
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5000
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.8.2 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid request, which reveals the installation path in an error message, related to config.default.php and other files.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-5000
Install update from vendor's website.