CVE-2011-2643 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2011-2643?

CVE-2011-2643 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 1 Aug 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in sql.php in phpMyAdmin 3.4.x before 3.4.3.2, when configuration storage is enabled, allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via directory traversal sequences in a MIME-type transformation parameter.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-2643?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

How do I fix CVE-2011-2643?

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-2011-2643 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-2643 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2643, GHSA-x95j-5m75-mq26.