Description
The SOAP parser in PHP before 5.3.23 and 5.4.x before 5.4.13 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a SOAP WSDL file containing an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue in the soap_xmlParseFile and soap_xmlParseMemory functions. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2013-1824.
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 ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 6.0 | php5 | 5.3.3-7+squeeze15 | DSA-2639-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | php +26 | 5.3.3-26.el6 | RHSA-2013:1615 |
| RHEL 5 | php +18 | 5.1.6-43.el5_10 | RHSA-2013:1814 |
| RHEL 5 | php53 +20 | 5.3.3-21.el5 | RHSA-2013:1307 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | php5 | 5.6.28-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10344-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | php7 | 7.0.14-1.4 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10290-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | php8 | 8.0.11-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:11169-1 |
Advisories 8
- RHSA-2013:1814 Red Hat Security Advisory: php security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 29, 2026
- RHSA-2013:1615 Red Hat Security Advisory: php security, bug fix, and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2013:1307 Red Hat Security Advisory: php53 security, bug fix and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- DSA-2639-1 php5 - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10290-1 apache2-mod_php7-7.0.14-1.4 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10344-1 apache2-mod_php5-5.6.28-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:11169-1 php8-8.0.11-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- WID-SEC-2023-1286 PHP: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · May 23, 2023
References
- USN-1761-1 vendor-advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=459904
- http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8e76d0404b7f664ee6719fd98f0483f0ac4669d6
- MDVSA-2013:114 vendor-advisory
- 55078 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=918187
- http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
- APPLE-SA-2013-09-12-1 vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=702221
- RHSA-2013:1307 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2013:1615 vendor-advisory
- DSA-2639 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2013:1315 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2013:1285 vendor-advisory
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0101
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5880