MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2013-3240

Phpmyadmin vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
5.5%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Phpmyadmin
Affected product
Phpmyadmin
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2013-04-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2013-3240

  • Confirm whether Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2013-3240.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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