Information disclosure in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2011-4107
Published: November 17, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44515
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4107
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: phpMyAdmin
Affected software:
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4107
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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
- http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2011-17.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50497
- http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-03185
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=751112
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71108