CVE-2011-4107

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Publication date:

17/11/2011

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin::::::::	3.3.0.0 (including)	3.3.10.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin::::::::	3.4.0.0 (including)	3.4.7.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:14:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2011-4107

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools