CVE-2011-4107

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-611

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.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 5.0
Fedoraproject Fedora: 14, 15, 16
phpMyAdmin: from 3.3.0.0 before 3.3.10.5; from 3.4.0.0 before 3.4.7.1 — fixed in 3.3.10.5, 3.4.7.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: phpMyAdmin 3.3.10.5, 3.4.7.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069625.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069635.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/069649.html
http://osvdb.org/76798
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/106511/phpmyadmin-fileread.txt
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Nov/21
http://secunia.com/advisories/46447
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8533
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2391
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:198
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/03/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/03/5

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