RCE in Phpmyadmin

CVE-2011-2507

libraries/server_synchronize.lib.php in the Synchronize implementation in phpMyAdmin 3.x before 3.3.10.2 and 3.4.x before 3.4.3.1 does not properly quote regular expressions, which allows remote authenticated users to inject a PCRE e (aka PREG_REPLACE_EVAL) modifier, and consequently execute arbitrary PHP code, by leveraging the ability to modify the SESSION superglobal array.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.030 (85.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Phpmyadmin — versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.1.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References