# CVE-2026-121263: phpMyAdmin MoTranslator Loader.php getTranslator path traversal

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-03. Updated: 2026-11-03.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- phpMyAdmin / MoTranslator: 6.0.0 (affected); 6.0.1 (affected). Source: CNA: VulDB

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 5.3 (medium); 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; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.1: 6.3 (medium); 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; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 3.0: 6.3 (medium); 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; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 2.0: 6.5 (medium); AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C; source: CNA: VulDB

- CVSS 4.0: 2.1 (low); 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; source: NVD: cna@vuldb.com

- CVSS 3.1: 6.3 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L; source: NVD: cna@vuldb.com

- CVSS 2.0: 6.5 (medium); AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P; source: NVD: cna@vuldb.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation poc; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-22

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://gist.github.com/Ishanoshada/42eb6d8737aef38e133afb04fd2e52e8 (CNA: VulDB)

## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/430229 (CNA: VulDB; vdb-entry, technical-description)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/430229/cti (CNA: VulDB; signature, permissions-required)

- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-121263 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://vuldb.com/submit/1018559 (CNA: VulDB; third-party-advisory)

- https://gist.github.com/Ishanoshada/42eb6d8737aef38e133afb04fd2e52e8 (CNA: VulDB; exploit)

- https://gist.github.com/Ishanoshada/42eb6d8737aef38e133afb04fd2e52e8 (cna@vuldb.com)

- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-121263 (cna@vuldb.com)

- https://vuldb.com/submit/1018559 (cna@vuldb.com)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/430229 (cna@vuldb.com)

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/430229/cti (cna@vuldb.com)

## Provenance

- CNA: VulDB: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-121263; retrieved 2026-11-03; source updated 2026-11-03

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-121263; retrieved 2026-11-04; source updated 2026-11-03

Revision: 418c0dee467d2c68d01520c41e8b835168b7ec6628aaa423846b551974b709a4

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-121263

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