Announcement-ID: PMASA-2011-17
Date: 2011-11-10
Local file inclusion.
Importing a specially-crafted XML file which contains an XML entity injection permits to retrieve a local file (limited by the privileges of the user running the web server).
We consider this vulnerability to be serious.
The attacker must be logged in to MySQL via phpMyAdmin.
Versions 3.3.x and 3.4.x are affected.
Upgrade to phpMyAdmin 3.4.7.1 or newer (or 3.3.10.5) or apply the related patches listed below.
Thanks to Jan Lieskovsky from the Red Hat Security Response Team who warned the phpMyAdmin project that public disclosure of this problem has occurred.
Assigned CVE ids: CVE-2011-4107
CWE ids: CWE-661
The following commits have been made to fix this issue:
The following commits have been made on the 3.3 branch to fix this issue:
For further information and in case of questions, please contact the phpMyAdmin team. Our website is phpmyadmin.net.