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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-3238 · published 26 April 2013

CVE-2013-3238: Phpmyadmin vulnerability

Phpmyadmin · Phpmyadmin

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 /e\x00 sequence, which is not properly handled before making a preg_replace function call within the "Replace table prefix" feature.

6.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 29% · top 1.9%
6.0CVSS 2.0 base score
29%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
22References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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 /e\x00 sequence, which is not properly handled before making a preg_replace function call within the "Replace table prefix" feature.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
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
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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-3238), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.