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…
- Published
- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 30 days later
· 30 days later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.7% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistphpmyadmin/phpmyadminGHSA-q4mm-89q2-xffg (opens in a new tab)
References (17)
- phpmyadmin-xml-info-disclosure(71108) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 46447 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 76798 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-15846 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20111103 Re: CVE Request -- phpMyAdmin -- Arbitrary local file read flaw by loading XML strings / importing XML files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20111102 PhpMyAdmin Arbitrary File Reading (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-17.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2391 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-15831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 50497 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:198 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=751112 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 8533 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20111103 CVE Request -- phpMyAdmin -- Arbitrary local file read flaw by loading XML strings / importing XML files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-03185 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/view/106511/phpmyadmin-fileread.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-15841 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-q4mm-89q2-xffg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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