Input validation error in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2013-3238
Published: April 26, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42864
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3238
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to read and manipulate data.
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 /ex00 sequence, which is not properly handled before making a preg_replace function call within the "Replace table prefix" feature.
Affected software
phpMyAdmin
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
phpMyAdmin3
phpMyAdmin
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
phpMyAdmin3
phpMyAdmin
How to mitigate CVE-2013-3238
Install update from vendor's website.
phpMyAdmin3 - update to 3.5.8.1-1.el5
phpMyAdmin - update to 3.5.8.1-1.el6
phpMyAdmin - update to 3.5.8.1-1.el6
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
- Exploit #4336 - phpMyAdmin - 'preg_replace' Authenticated Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (August 11, 2020)
- Exploit #4226 - phpMyAdmin 3.5.8 / 4.0.0-RC2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (August 11, 2020)
- Exploit #4108 - phpMyAdmin Authenticated Remote Code Execution via preg_replace() (August 11, 2020)
External 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