CVE-2001-0478 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2001-0478?

CVE-2001-0478 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 24 May 2001. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in phpMyAdmin 2.2.0 and earlier versions allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) in an argument to the sql.php script.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0478?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0478?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0478 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2001-0478 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0478 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin

• CVE-2008-7251 Misconfiguration in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2008-7252 phpMyAdmin unsafely handles temporary files Critical 10.0
• CVE-2007-0203 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-1147 Command injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2020-22452 phpmyadmin contains SQL Injection vulnerability Critical 9.8

All Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4jh6-gh8q-jcwr.