CVE-2011-4782

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in libraries/config/ConfigFile.class.php in the setup interface in phpMyAdmin 3.4.x before 3.4.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the host parameter.

Published: 2011-12-22 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-4782 is rated Low Risk (38.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.47%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-4782

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.71% 0.47% -0.24%
2 2025-03-29 0.47% 0.71% +0.24%
3 2025-03-17 0.47%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-4782

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-4782

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2011-4782

GHSA-2h23-c973-x63q · Severity: low · Ecosystem: composer — phpMyAdmin Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2011-4782

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2011-4782 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4782
gentoo high CVE-2011-4782: 1 GLSA(s) (201201-01), 1 atom(s) (dev-db/phpmyadmin); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2011-4782
ubuntu medium CVE-2011-4782 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phpmyadmin), 11 status rows across 11 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream): not-affected 9, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4782

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-4782

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.4.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.4.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.4.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
phpmyadmin phpmyadmin 3.4.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:phpmyadmin:phpmyadmin:3.4.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-4782

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