Medium severity · published Nov 17, 2011
CVE-2011-4107
The simplexml_load_string function in the XML import plug-in (libraries/import/xml.php) in phpMyAdmin 3.4.x before 3.4.7.1 and 3.3.x before 3.3.10.5 allows remote authenticated…
6.5
CVSS
12.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The simplexml_load_string function in the XML import plug-in (libraries/import/xml.php) in phpMyAdmin 3.4.x before 3.4.7.1 and 3.3.x before 3.3.10.5 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via XML data containing external entity references, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)12.7% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
5.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
14; 15; 16 · source: NVD
PH
Phpmyadmin · Phpmyadmin
3.3.0.0 before 3.3.10.5; 3.4.0.0 before 3.4.7.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4107
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4107
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069625.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069635.html
Mailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069649.html
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/76798
Broken Link
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/106511/phpmyadmin-fileread.txt
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Nov/21
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