Component Type: Third party extension. This extension is not a part of the TYPO3 default installation.
Affected Versions: Version 4.11.8 and below
Vulnerability Type: Local file inclusion
Severity: Low
Suggested CVSS v2.0: AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C (What's that?)
References: PMASA-2011-17
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Problem Description: 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).
Solution: An updated version 4.11.9 is available from the TYPO3 extension manager and attypo3.org/extensions/repository/view/phpmyadmin/4.11.9/. Users of the extension are advised to update the extension.
Note: The TYPO3 Security Team requests TYPO3 administrators to consider our advice from TYPO3-SA-2009-015 to either use extension phpMyAdmin only on development servers or to use the phpMyAdmin standalone application on production servers.
Credits: The vendor of the phpMyAdmin upstream software credits Jan Lieskovsky. Thanks to Andreas Beutel for providing a TYPO3 extension package with an updated phpMyAdmin version.
General advice: Follow the recommendations that are given in the TYPO3 Security Cookbook. Please subscribe to thetypo3-announce mailing list to receive future Security Bulletins via E-mail.