CVE-2011-4107

mediumpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.127 · 96 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

12.7% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 3.6

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.16.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-611USprimaryCWE-200USCWE-611US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-18371phpMyAdmin 3.3.x/3.4.x - Local File Inclusion via XML External Entity Injection (Metasploit)PoC · exploit_db
SECFORCE/CVE-2011-4107phpMyAdmin 3.3.X and 3.4.X - Local File InclusionPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
debian debian linux= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 14nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 15nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 16nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin3.3.0.0 → 3.3.10.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin3.4.0.0 → 3.4.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin3.3.0 → 3.3.10.5osvUSpkg:composer/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin
Packagist phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin3.4.0 → 3.4.7.1osvUSpkg:composer/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-q4mm-89q2-xffgphpMyAdmin vulnerable to XML external entity (XXE) injection attack2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
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.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2011-11-17modified 2026-06-16

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references (44)

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