Adminer and AdminerEvo vulnerable to directory traversal and file upload
Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.
Summary
The file upload plugin in Adminer and AdminerEvo allows an attacker to upload a file with a table name of “..” to the root of the Adminer directory. The attacker can effectively guess the name of the uploaded file and execute it. Adminer is no longer supported, but this issue was fixed in AdminerEvo version 4.8.3.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00663 51st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed AdminerEvo (AdminerEvo): 4.8.3
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adminer | Adminer | all versions; all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| AdminerEvo | AdminerEvo | 4.8.2 to before 4.8.3; all versions | 4.8.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Adminer VendorAdminer Affected all versions; all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- AdminerEvo VendorAdminerEvo Affected 4.8.2 to before 4.8.3; all versions Fixed in 4.8.3 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:adminerevo:adminerevo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 4.8.3 | Vulnerable | AdminerEvo |
- cpe:2.3:a:adminerevo:adminerevo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.8.3 Vulnerable ·AdminerEvo
Remediation
- Fix · CNA AdminerEvo (AdminerEvo) Fixed in 4.8.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-45197
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-473j-qqgp-gcmm
- 2026-10-06 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Adminer vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-04411 SSRF in adminer KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-40884 Adminer before 5.4.3 Remote Code Execution via MSSQL PDO DSN Injection CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-71163 Remote code execution in Adminer via UTF-8 BOM SQLite bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-40882 Adminer before 5.4.3 Remote Code Execution via SQLite VACUUM INTO CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-64854 Adminer before 6.0.2 Privileged-Port SSRF via host_port Regex CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-64852 Adminer before 6.0.2 Unauthenticated SSRF via Elasticsearch Driver CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
Sources
- CVE-2023-45197 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-45197 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-473j-qqgp-gcmm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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