CVE-2013-3239

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-04-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

phpMyAdmin 3.5.x before 3.5.8 and 4.x before 4.0.0-rc3, when a SaveDir directory is configured, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by using a double extension in the filename of an export file, leading to interpretation of this file as an executable file by the Apache HTTP Server, as demonstrated by a .php.sql filename.

Affected products

phpMyAdmin: 3.5.0.0, 3.5.1.0, 3.5.2.0, 3.5.2.1, 3.5.2.2, 3.5.3.0 (+7)

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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:160
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-3.php
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1f6bc0b707002e26cab216b9e57b4d5de764de48
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/d3fafdfba0807068196655e9b6d16c5d1d3ccf8a
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

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