CVE-2013-3239

Exp

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.

Published: 2013-04-26 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-3239 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.33%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2013-3239

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25003 exploit_db edb 2013-04-25 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-3239

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 2025-07-30 16.13% 12.33% -3.80%
2 2025-03-30 25.68% 16.13% -9.55%
3 2025-03-29 25.68%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-3239

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-3239

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2013-3239

GHSA-gg36-9346-9qx9 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: composer — phpMyAdmin Remote Code Execution

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-3239

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-3239 not yet assigned 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-2013-3239
gentoo normal CVE-2013-3239: 1 GLSA(s) (201311-02), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/phpmyadmin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-3239
ubuntu low CVE-2013-3239 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 15 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 9, ignored 5, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-3239

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-3239

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-2013-3239

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