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medium 6.3

CVE-2026-121263 json

phpMyAdmin MoTranslator Loader.php getTranslator path traversal

published 6d ago modified 6d ago also EUVD-2026-116104

cvss
6.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was determined in phpMyAdmin MoTranslator up to 6.0.1. The impacted element is the function Loader::getTranslator of the file motranslator-master/src/Loader.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument locale can lead to path traversal. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-121263 updated cvss 6.3

phpmyadmin/motranslator: phpMyAdmin MoTranslator: Path traversal via manipulated locale argument

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
6d ago

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/Ishanoshada/42eb6d8737aef38e133afb04fd2e52e8 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
CNA 3.0 6.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:C
CNA 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C
CNA 4.0 2.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • phpMyAdmin MoTranslator

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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