CVE-2005-3300 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2005-3300?

CVE-2005-3300 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 23 Oct 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The register_globals emulation layer in grab_globals.php for phpMyAdmin before 2.6.4-pl3 does not perform safety checks on values in the _FILES array for uploaded files, which allows remote attackers to include arbitrary files by using direct requests to library scripts that do not use grab_globals.php, then modifying certain configuration values for the theme.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3300?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3300?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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

Is CVE-2005-3300 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3300 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
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3300, GHSA-x7xh-qj32-6gv8.