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title: "CVE-2023-6026: PHPMemcachedAdmin Path Traversal vulnerability"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2023-6026/
description: "CVE-2023-6026 (elijaa/phpmemcacheadmin (Composer (PHP))): A Path traversal vulnerability has been reported in elijaa/phpmemcachedadmin affecting version…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2023-11-30
date_modified: 2024-08-02
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2023-6026"
kev: false
cvss: 9.8
epss: 0.00864
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
---

# CVE-2023-6026: PHPMemcachedAdmin Path Traversal vulnerability

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.9% , percentile 58: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes elijaa/phpmemcacheadmin (Composer (PHP)) <= 1.3.0, no fixed version listed . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

A Path traversal vulnerability has been reported in elijaa/phpmemcachedadmin affecting version 1.3.0. This vulnerability allows an attacker to delete files stored on the server due to lack of proper verification of user-supplied input.

## Affected packages

- Composer (PHP) `elijaa/phpmemcacheadmin` <= 1.3.0 → fixed: none listed

## Affected products (CVE record)

- PHPMemcachedAdmin  PHPMemcachedAdmin : 1.3.0

## Severity

- INCIBE CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 58.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-8qfm-h8rh-h3r7](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8qfm-h8rh-h3r7)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2023-6026](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6026)
- [NVD entry CVE-2023-6026](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6026)
- [incibe.es](https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/multiple-vulnerabilities-phpmemcachedadmin)
- [packagist.org](https://packagist.org/packages/elijaa/phpmemcacheadmin)
- [github.com](https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/elijaa/phpmemcacheadmin/CVE-2023-6026.yaml)

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