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CVE-2011-4107 json

phpMyAdmin vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE) injection attack

published 2011-11-17 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-q4mm-89q2-xffg , EUVD-2022-4880

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.7%
EPSS 12.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin 3.3.10.5, 3.4.7.1
  • phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.3.10.5, 3.4.7.1
  • phpmyadmin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:3.4.7.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4107

  • phpMyAdmin openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.6.5.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10054-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-4107 updated cvss 4.3

phpMyAdmin: Arbitrary file read flaw by loading XML strings

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-18371)

Exploit prediction

12.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-18371 phpMyAdmin 3.3.x/3.4.x - Local File Inclusion via XML External Entity Injection (Metasploit) webapps, 2012-01-14
  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Nov/21 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=751112 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • wooyun.org http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-03185 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/106511/phpmyadmin-fileread.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
>=3.4.0, <3.4.7.1
>=3.3.0, <3.3.10.5
3.4.7.1
3.3.10.5

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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