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phpMyAdmin: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2011-2643)

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phpMyAdmin: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') (CVE-2011-2643)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/01/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/04/2017
Modified
10/16/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • phpmyadmin-upgrade-latest

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