Detections
Analytics

SCA: security update for phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (GHSA-x962-w72p-mv7q)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433041

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - import.php in phpMyAdmin 4.x before 4.0.4.1 does not properly restrict the ability of input data to
 specify a file format, which allows remote authenticated users to modify the GLOBALS superglobal array,
 and consequently change the configuration, via a crafted request. (CVE-2013-4729)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x962-w72p-mv7q

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 433041

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4729

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4729

BID: 60940

cwe: CWE-621