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Critical · 9.1 Public exploit CVE-2012-3363 EUVD-2022-3040GHSA-7pg4-5233-82jv

Zend Framework XXE Vulnerability

Published Feb 13, 2013 · Updated Jan 16, 2025 · Assigned by redhat

Package: zend-framework Package: zendframework/zendframework1 Ecosystem: Packagist Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

Zend_XmlRpc in Zend Framework 1.x before 1.11.12 and 1.12.x before 1.12.0 does not properly handle SimpleXMLElement classes, which allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an external entity reference in a DOCTYPE element in an XML-RPC request, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 6.0 zendframework 1.10.6-1squeeze1 DSA-2505-1

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS zend-framework No fix yet —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist zendframework/zendframework1 >= 1.0.0, < 1.11.12 1.11.12 GHSA-7pg4-5233-82jv
Packagist zendframework/zendframework1 >= 1.12.0-rc1, < 1.12.0 1.12.0 GHSA-7pg4-5233-82jv

Advisories 1

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