CVE-2013-3238

Status: ModifiedMedium (6)—💥 Exploit

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.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 6

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 29%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 98
Score date: 10/8/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Metasploit module (reliable, widely available exploit) · phpMyAdmin Authenticated Remote Code Execution via preg_replace()
Published on Exploit-DB · phpMyAdmin - 'preg_replace' (Authenticated) Remote Code Execution (Metasploit) (5/1/2013)
Published on Exploit-DB · phpMyAdmin 3.5.8/4.0.0-RC2 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (4/25/2013)

Affected technologies (1)

Phpmyadmin — Phpmyadmin

CWEs

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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