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CVE-2015-5161

The Zend_Xml_Security::scan in ZendXml before 1.0.1 and Zend Framework before 1.12.14, 2.x before 2.4.6, and 2.5.x befor

The Zend_Xml_Security::scan in ZendXml before 1.0.1 and Zend Framework before 1.12.14, 2.x before 2.4.6, and 2.5.x before 2.5.2, when running under PHP-FPM in a threaded environment, allows remote attackers to bypass security checks and conduct XML external entity (XXE) and XML entity expansion (XEE) attacks via multibyte encoded characters.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.39093
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
zend frameworkall versions
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Affected Packages

3
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Packagist zendframework/zendframework MEDIUM fixed in 2.4.6
Packagist zendframework/zendframework1 MEDIUM fixed in 1.12.14
Packagist zendframework/zendxml MEDIUM fixed in 1.0.1
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Public Exploits & PoCs

6
webappseBay Magento 1.9.2.1 - PHP FPM XML eXternal Entity Injection2015-10-30
webappsZend Framework 2.4.2 - PHP FPM XML eXternal Entity Injection2015-08-13
poclegalhackers.com · zend-framework-XXE-vuln.txtlegalhackers.com
pocpacketstormsecurity.com · Zend-Framework-2.4.2-1.12.13-XXE-Injection.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 76177www.securityfocus.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 37765www.exploit-db.com
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Scoring & Timeline

6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD25 Aug 2015 · 05:59 PM
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Vendor Advisories

5
rhsaRHSA-2016:2750Moderate
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:1638-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:1581-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:1310-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2016:1277-1
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References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://framework.zend.com/security/advisory/ZF2015-06Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/164409.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165147.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-August/165173.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Aug/46Exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3340
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