What is CVE-2023-45197?

CVE-2023-45197 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adminer, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-06-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-45197?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Adminer

CVE-2023-45197

The file upload plugin in Adminer and AdminerEvo allows an attacker to upload a file with a table name of “..” to the root of the Adminer directory. The attacker can effectively guess the name of the uploaded file and execute it. Adminer is no longer supported, but this issue was fixed in AdminerEvo version 4.8.3.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Adminer — versions 0, cpe:2.3:a:adminer:adminer:0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Adminerevo — versions 4.8.2, cpe:2.3:a:adminerevo:adminerevo:0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725 (Patch, patch)
9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725 (release-notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-45197?: CVE-2023-45197 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Adminer, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-06-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-45197?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.