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phpMyAdmin vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE) injection attack

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 9, 2024

Package

composer phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.7.1
>= 3.3.0, < 3.3.10.5

Patched versions

3.4.7.1
3.3.10.5

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 17, 2011
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Feb 9, 2024
Last updated Feb 9, 2024

Severity

Moderate
6.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2011-4107

GHSA ID

GHSA-q4mm-89q2-xffg

Source code

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