CVE-2013-3241

Exp

export.php (aka the export script) in phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.0.0-rc3 overwrites global variables on the basis of the contents of the POST superglobal array, which allows remote authenticated users to inject values via a crafted request.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-3241 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.37%). Core evidence: 1 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-2013-3241

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-3241

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 4.68% 3.37% -1.31%
2 2025-03-30 4.86% 4.68% -0.18%
3 2025-03-29 4.86%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-3241

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-3241

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-3241

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-3241 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-2013-3241
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-3241 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 7 status rows across 7 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): not-affected 6, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-3241

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-3241

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:4.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-3241

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