Vulnerability · Published Nov 3, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-121263phpMyAdmin MoTranslator Loader.php getTranslator path traversal
Medium 6.3
In plain English
A medium-severity path traversal in MoTranslator from phpMyAdmin. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | phpmyadmin-motranslator | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-121263 |
| Debian:13 | phpmyadmin-motranslator | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-121263 |
| Debian:14 | phpmyadmin-motranslator | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-121263 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-121263 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-121263 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-121263 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | phpmyadmin | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-121263 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| phpMyAdmin | MoTranslator | 6.0.06.0.1 |
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: 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
References
- VDB-430229 | phpMyAdmin MoTranslator Loader.php getTranslator path traversal vdb-entry, technical-description
- VDB-430229 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-121263 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #1018559 | phpMyAdmin MoTranslator 6.0.1 Path Traversal in Loader::getTranslator (CWE-22) third-party-advisory
- https://gist.github.com/Ishanoshada/42eb6d8737aef38e133afb04fd2e52e8 exploit