CVE-2013-3240 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Export feature in phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.0.0-rc3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or possibly have unspecified other impact via a parameter that specifies a crafted export type.

Published: 2013-04-26

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 5.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-3177	Directory traversal vulnerability in the Export feature in phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.0.0-rc3 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files or possibly have unspecified other impact via a parameter that specifies a crafted export type.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05485.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-04/0217.html
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-4.php

History

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Subscriptions

Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2013-04-26T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:00:10.089Z

Reserved: 2013-04-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-3240

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-04-26T03:34:23.483

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:54:46.023

Link: CVE-2013-3240

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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