Information disclosure in phpMyAdmin - CVE-2011-4107
Published: November 17, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44515
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4107
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
phpMyAdmin
Fedora
phpMyAdmin3
phpMyAdmin
Fedora
phpMyAdmin3
phpMyAdmin
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4107
Install update from vendor's website.
phpMyAdmin3 - update to 3.4.7.1-1.el5
phpMyAdmin - update to 3.4.7.1-1.el6
phpMyAdmin - update to 3.4.7.1-1.el6
Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes
External 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
- 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