Arbitrary PHP Code Execution via PCRE Modifier Injection in phpMyAdmin

CVE-2011-2507 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

libraries/server_synchronize.lib.php in the Synchronize implementation in phpMyAdmin 3.x before 3.3.10.2 and 3.4.x before 3.4.3.1 does not properly quote regular expressions, which allows remote authenticated users to inject a PCRE e (aka PREG_REPLACE_EVAL) modifier, and consequently execute arbitrary PHP code, by leveraging the ability to modify the SESSION superglobal array.

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