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Vulnerability details: VCID-zeb7-vr2y-8qgg
Vulnerability ID VCID-zeb7-vr2y-8qgg
Aliases CVE-2011-0986
GHSA-wcmm-28rg-mg3r
Summary phpMyAdmin allows remote attackers to obtain installation path via direct request for nonexistent file phpMyAdmin 2.11.x before 2.11.11.2, and 3.3.x before 3.3.9.1, does not properly handle the absence of the (1) README, (2) ChangeLog, and (3) LICENSE files, which allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via a direct request for a nonexistent file.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054349.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054355.html
generic_textual MODERATE http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin%3Ba=commit%3Bh=035d002db1e1201e73e560d7d98591563b506a83
generic_textual MODERATE http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin;a=commit;h=035d002db1e1201e73e560d7d98591563b506a83
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
epss 0.00546 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
generic_textual MODERATE https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65424
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wcmm-28rg-mg3r
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0986
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:026
generic_textual MODERATE http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-1.php
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054349.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054355.html
http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin%3Ba=commit%3Bh=035d002db1e1201e73e560d7d98591563b506a83
http://phpmyadmin.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin;a=commit;h=035d002db1e1201e73e560d7d98591563b506a83
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-0986
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0986
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65424
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0986
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:026
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-1.php
GHSA-wcmm-28rg-mg3r https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wcmm-28rg-mg3r
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.66815
EPSS Score 0.00546
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T09:09:51.704023+00:00 GithubOSV Importer Import https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-wcmm-28rg-mg3r/GHSA-wcmm-28rg-mg3r.json 37.0.0