Path traversal in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2013-3240
Published: April 26, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42866
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-3240
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the Export feature in phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.0.0-rc3. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or possibly have unspecified other impact via a parameter that specifies a crafted export type.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-3240
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.