CVE-2011-4107: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 12.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 5.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 14 only; version 15 only; version 16 only
• phpMyAdmin phpMyAdmin: from 3.3.0.0, before 3.3.10.5 (fixed in 3.3.10.5); from 3.4.0.0, before 3.4.7.1 (fixed in 3.4.7.1)

Published 2011-11-17. Last modified 2026-06-16.