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)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (49.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 49.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2023-45197: held from 0.007 to 0.007.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

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

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.