NASLDB: phpMyAdmin simplexml_load_string() Function Information Disclosure (PMASA-2011-17)
General
ID: 59211
Name: phpMyAdmin simplexml_load_string() Function Information Disclosure (PMASA-2011-17)
Summary: Checks version of phpmyadmin
Credits: Tenable Network Security, Inc.
Classification
Risk: –
CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C
Port: 80
Family: CGI abuses
Type: Remote
Description
According to its self-identified version number, the phpMyAdmin
install hosted on the remote web server is affected by an
information disclosure vulnerability.
The vulnerability, which is in the simplexml_load_string function in
the XML import plug-in (libraries/import/xml.php) in phpMyAdmin 3.3.x
before 3.3.10.5 and 3.4.x before 3.4.7.1, allows remote,
authenticated users to read arbitrary files via XML data containing
external entity references.
Exploiting
Exploit Available: True
Exploitability Ease: Exploits are available
Sources
CVE: CVE-2011-4107
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –
Timeline
Vulnerability Disclosure: 2011/11/02
Patch Release: 2011/11/10
Plugin Release: 2012/05/21
Plugin
Version: 1.3
Filename: phpmyadmin_pmasa_2011_17.nasl
Filesize: 3731 bytes
MD5 Hash: 870105ccaae5de2b104af7cf051b2b84
Identification: –
Require Keys: www/PHP", "www/phpMyAdmin", "Settings/ParanoidReport
Dependencies: "phpMyAdmin_detect.nasl"
Copyright: This script is Copyright© 2012 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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