CVE-2013-3240
Directory traversal vulnerability in the Export feature in phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.0.0-rc3 allows remote authenticated users to read…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 5.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- phpMyAdmin 3.5.8/4.0.0-RC2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 25003webapps, phppublished 25 Apr 2013Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.5% · top 7.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
2
- 20130424 [waraxe-2013-SA#103] - Multiple Vulnerabilities in phpMyAdmin (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2013-4.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-3177 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-3240)Record last updated .