CVE-2013-3238

Exp

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.

Published: 2013-04-25 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-3238 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 28.85%, 98th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-3238

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25136 exploit_db edb 2013-05-01 Exploit-DB ↗
25003 exploit_db edb 2013-04-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-3238

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 64.58% 28.85% -35.73%
2 2025-07-30 57.90% 64.58% +6.68%
3 2025-06-16 — 57.90% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-3238

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-3238

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-3238

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-3238 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3238
gentoo normal CVE-2013-3238: 1 GLSA(s) (201311-02), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/phpmyadmin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-3238
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-3238 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 7 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): not-affected 5, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-3238

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-3238

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.5.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.5.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.5.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.5.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.5.8:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-3238

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